A RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED BONE DEFECTS IN THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE MAXILLARY SINUS

상악동 후벽의 실험적 골결손부에 관한 방사선학적 연구

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of radiographs in detecting experimental bony defect in the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus. For this study, experimentally five skulls were used, the bony defects with a diameter of 5mm were created at different locations in the posterior wall of the right maxillary sinus and the bony defects of 10mm were created at different locations in the posterior wall of th maxillary sinus. Panoramic view, panoramic sinus view, water's view, and computed tomogram were taken and the results analyzed. The obtanined results were as follows: 1. The panoramic view was superior to the panoramic sinus view in detecting the bony defects in the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus. 2. Panoramic view, panoramic sinus view, and waters's view were limitation to the detection of the bony defects in the posterior wall of the maillary sinus. 3. All the bony defects in the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus were excellently visualized on the computed tomogram.