The Potential of Digital Dental Radiography in Recording the Adductor Sesamoid and the MP3 Stages

Abstract

The current study was undertaken to evaluate the reliability of using a recent advance in clinical radiographic technique, digital dental radiography, in recording two growth indicators: the adductor sesamoid and MP3 stages. With an exposure time five times less than that used in the conventional approach, this method shows greatest flexibility in providing a high quality digitized radiographic images of the two growth indicators under investigation.

Keywords

Digital Dental Radiography Growth Indicators Adductor Sesamoid MP3 Stages

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