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Periodontal findings

What bone loss looks like between and around the roots, and how much of it the radiograph shows.

A mandibular molar periapical radiograph, bone loss opening the furcation between the mesial and distal roots.

Furcation involvement

Furcation involvement is loss of the bone between the roots of a molar, starting where the roots divide. On a radiograph it shows as a radiolucency in the…

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