An atlas of dental radiographic anatomy

An atlas of dental radiographic anatomy

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Takada K., Sakuda M., Yoshida K. et al. (1980) Relations between tongue volume and capacity of the oral cavity proper. J. Dent. Res. 59, 2026. Wyke B. (1974) Neuromuscular mechanisms influencing mandibular posture: a neurologist’s review of current concepts. J. Dent. 2, 111. Young P. (1966) A cephalometric study of the effect of acrylic test palatal piece thickness on the physiologic rest position. J. Phil. Dent. Assoc. 19, 1.

Book Review AN ATLAS OF DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY. 2nd Ed. By M. J. Kasle. 260 X 184 mm. Pp. 252. 1983. London, Saunders. Softback, dt12.50. If this book were solely an atlas of dental radiographic anatomy, it is doubtful if it would have been popular enough to run to a second edition. Indeed the bookshop browser could be forgiven for expecting a book on this subject of 252 pages to go into great detail, of interest mainly to the specialist dental radiologist. In fact, only a level of anatomical interpretation necessary for the general practitioner or student is displayed and even in the anatomical sections obvious pathological features are noted. Further, section three is devoted to artifacts and technical errors and section four to a selection of unusual appearances, abnormalities and disease processes seen from time to time in periapical fdms. While naturally some 87 pages are devoted to periapical films, with 6 to bitewings and 6 to occlusal films, the strength of this text lies in the range of views which are covered; oblique laterals, rotational tomographic fdms, apparently the product of two different machines, lateral and PA cephalometric views, the occipito mental, the transcranial oblique view of the TM joint, the transorbital view of the condyle and tomograms of the joint. The format is uniform throughout. On the righthand side is a highquality reproduction of the radiographs and on the facing page, the legend. These are not so lengthy that a reader loses interest and the images are easily recognized. Several examples are given of most views so that the features may be identified in differing circumstances. In general, therefore, it is a well-produced book. What seems a pity is that there is not more effort made to explain how the various images result from the different projections. Interpretation requires that mentally they are transferred back from a two-dimensional to a three-dimensional form for a proper appreciation of what is observed. In particular rotational tomographic views are difftcult to interpret without some appreciation of how objects outside the focal trough contribute to the total image. Films of part and half skulls etc. are most illuminating in this respect. As is to be expected the language and terminology are strictly American. G. R. Seward