orthopantomographyn.
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)pantəˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrθoʊˌpæn(t)əˈmɑɡrəfi/ Dentistry.
A modification of pantomography in which the X-ray beam is kept perpendicular to the jaws, producing a flat image of both jaws and their teeth.
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fluorography1896
fluoroscopy1896
Roentgenism1898
roentgenoscopy1903
skiascopy1908
teleradiography1908
teleroentgenography1908
orthoroentgenography1911
pneumography1921
stereofluoroscopy1928
kymography1930
tomography1935
photofluorography1941
neutron radiography1948
pantomography1952
photofluoroscopy1955
orthopantomography1959
panography1961
stereoradiography1965
computerized axial tomography1973
computed tomography1974
computerized tomography1974
CT1974
positron emission tomography1976
PET1979
1959 Y. V. Paatero in Acta Radiologica 51 449 Since stereoscopy has been successfully adapted to ordinary pantomography..theoretical and experimental investigations into the possibility of obtaining equally good stereoscopic effects with the new pantomographic method ‘orthoradial pantomography’ (or orthopantomography for short), were considered to be justified.
1961 Oral Surg., Oral Med., Oral Pathol. 14 947 (heading) Pantomography and orthopantomography.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Radiol. 41 872/2 They reported that during orthopantomography the exposure at the eccentric axis was 1·5 R and at the skin surface it varied from 0·3 R to 0·9 R.
1990 European Jrnl. Orthodontics 12 386/1 As part of the clinical screening examination for the identification of children in need of orthodontic treatment, orthopantomography of all children was performed as a routine procedure in this community.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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