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A TMJ / ORTHODONTIC SCREEN RADIOGRAPHIC CHECKLIST -

What to look for

SUBMENTAL VERTEX -

1. Condylar morphology.

2. Relative condylar position to the horizontal baseline.

3. Mandibular asymmetry.

4. Odontoid process of C-2 spatial relationships.

LATERAL CEPHALOGRAM / LATERAL SKULL / LATERAL CERVICAL SPINE

1. Pharyngeal airway in area of soft palate.

2. Spatial relationship of C1 to cranial base.

3. Cervical spine contours.

4. Elevation of hyoid bone.

5. Anti-gonial notching (aka. bone deposition at the gonial angle).

6. Elongated stylohyoid processes/ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments.

PA SKULL (Frontal) -

1. Relative height/symmetry of orbits.

2. Relative height/symmetry of mastoid processes.

3. Relative height/symmetry of gonial angles.

4. Midline symmetry of menton (symphysis).

5. Relative morphology of inferior, middle and superior nasal concha, turbinates.

6. Spatial relationships of C1 to C2.

 

PA TOWNES -

1. Condylar morphology.

2. Mandibular deviation.

3. Elongated stylohyoid processes/ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments.

 

SAGITTAL/LATERAL TOMOGRAMS OF THE TMJ (same for TRANSCRANIALS) -

1. Relative condylar position: Right vs. Left.

2. Spatial relationships in closed, rest, open, orthotic positions.

3. Relative size and shape of respective fossae.

4. Relative morphology; size, sclerosis, degenerative changes, etc.

 

AP CORONAL/FRONTAL TOMOGRAM OF THE TMJ -

1. Relative condylar morphology.

2. Elongated stylohyoid processes/ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments.

3. Oblique C1 to C2 spatial relationships.

 

PARANASAL SINUS TOMOGRAM -

1. Relative morphology of inferior, middle and superior nasal turbinates.

2. Influence of concha and turbinates on left and right airway paths.

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