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Adrian Becker, Amnon Leitner and Stella Chaushu

  Planar radiography

  Computerized tomography

  Cone beam computerized tomography

It is not the purpose of this chapter to present a complete manual on dental radiography, but rather to highlight concisely those techniques and methods that are useful in the clinical setting, as they pertain to impacted teeth.

The methods offered have two main aims [1, 2]. The first relates to the furnishing of qualitative information regarding normal and abnormal conditions that may be associated with unerupted teeth. Thus, we will discuss and compare the different ways of radiologically displaying and recognizing pathological entities, including supernumerary teeth, enlarged eruption follicles, odontomes and root resorption. The second aim is to describe the various radiological techniques that the clinician may find helpful in accurately pinpointing the position of a clinically invisible, unerupted tooth in the three planes of space. The relative merits of these techniques are discussed and indications for their use are suggested in relation to the different groups of teeth concerned.