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Dental disease, acute sinusitis and the orthopantomogram

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. J. Lee ,
T. P. O'Dwyer ,
D. Sleeman  and
M. Walsh
R. J. Lee
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinotaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals.
T. P. O'Dwyer*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinotaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals.
D. Sleeman
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinotaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals.
M. Walsh
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinotaryngology, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals.
*
Mr. T. P. O'Dwyer, F.R.C.S.I., F.R.C.S., Senior Registrar in Otolaryngology, Royal victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Summary

This study was undertaken to determine the incidence of unidagnosed apical disease in acute unilateral sinusitis and to evaluate the role of Orthopantomograms (OPGs).

Our results, with an incidence of 10 per cent, are in agreement with the findings of Formby (1960) and we conclude that OPGs are not justified in the routine investigation of acute sinusities.

Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 3 , March 1988 , pp. 222 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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