1Programme Director & Head of the Division, Oral Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences, International medical University, School of Dentistry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Principal, Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
3Postgraduate Diploma in, Implant Dentistry, Oral Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Address for Corresspondance: -Dr Y.N. Shetty, Programme Director, Postgraduate Diploma in Implant Dentistry, Jalan Jalil Perkasa, 19, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-57000
Online published on 23 February, 2017.
Clinicians in general practice routinely diagnose impacted mandibular third molars. After clinical assessment of the impacted mandibular third molar, a detailed three-dimensional radiographic assessment is of utmost importance in arriving at a diagnosis and explaining to the patient, the treatment plan and the surgical risks involved in third molar surgery. For decades, orthopantomogram (OPG) has been used to diagnose the type of third molar impaction and in few cases dentists have used intra-oral peri-apical radiographs to assess the angulation and depth of the third molar. Cone beam computed tomography has always been indicated when the root of the third molar is close to the nerve. This cross-sectional study provides an assessment of the angulation of impacted mandibular third molar on the left side using cone beam computed tomographic tomography.
Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Impacted Mandibular Third Molar
