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    • Lesions of the Jaws
      • Basic principles of Differential Diagnosis
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      • Mixed (osteolytic and osteoblastic)
      • Radiopacities (osteoblastic)
    • TMJ
    • Paranasal sinuses
    • Dental Abnormalities
    • Implantology
    • Endontology
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    • Lesions of the Jaws
      • Basic principles of Differential Diagnosis
      • Radiolucencies (Οsteolytic)
      • Mixed (osteolytic and osteoblastic)
      • Radiopacities (osteoblastic)
    • TMJ
    • Paranasal sinuses
    • Dental Abnormalities
    • Implantology
    • Endontology
    • Members only
    • Contact
    • English
    • Ελληνικά
    • Periapical
      • Periapical Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia 3rd stage
      • Tori and exostoses
      • Condensing osteitis
      • Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma (3rd stage)
      • Hypercementosis
      • Cementoblastoma
      • Foreign body (periapical)
    • Focal
      • Idiopathic osteosclerosis (dense bone island)
      • Osteoma and exostoses
      • Fibrous dysplasia (radiopacity)
      • Odontoma (radiopacity)
      • Soft tissue calcifications
      • Foreign bodies (focal)
      • Root remnants
      • Socket sclerosis
    • Multiple & generalized
      • Multiple impacted teeth
      • Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (radiopacity)
      • Foreign bodies (multiple)
      • Sclerosing Osteomyelitis
      • Paget’s disease (stage 3)
      • Soft tissue calcifications
      • Osteogenesis imperfecta
      • Osteopetrosis

    Root remnants .

    • Root remnants remaining in the alveolar bone following attempted extraction.
    • The presence of periodontal ligament and lamina dura are essential for the diagnosis.

    Differential Diagnosis

    • Idiopathic osteosclerosis (dense bone island)
    • Odontoma (radiopacity)
    • Osteoma and exostoses
    • Soft tissue calcifications
    • Condensing osteitis

    Case 1

    Examples of root remnants.

    Case 2

    Root remnants of primary molars

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    Professor Emeritus, School of Dentistry,
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    Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist

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