Radio-Diagnostic Dilemmas of Submandibular
Calcification-An Incidental CBCT Finding
Published: September 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/32612.12062
Kavitaa Nedunchezhian, Nalini Aswath
1. Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Private Practice, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
2. Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Correspondence
Kavitaa Nedunchezhian,
7/1, Bajanai Koil Street, Ganapathypuram, East Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
E-mail: n_kavitaa@yahoo.com
Heterotrophic Calcifications (HC’s) are often encountered as incidental findings in dental radiographic examinations. Inexperienced clinicians may misdiagnose these tame calcifications and levy unnecessary treatments to patients. Awareness and information regarding the prevalence and the nature of these calcifications are necessary to interpret any dental radiographic examination. We are reporting one such incidental finding of HC in right submandibular region of a 65-year-old patient in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and Orthopantomographic (OPG) evaluation.
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