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Restorations
What fillings, crowns and cements look like — including the ones that read as decay.
Radiolucent restorative materials
Radiolucent restorative materials are fillings, bases, liners and cements that are less radiopaque than the tooth structure around them, so they read as a…
Restoration overhang
A restoration overhang is an extension of restorative material beyond the confines of the cavity preparation. On a bitewing radiograph it reads as a…
Restorations on a radiograph
A restoration on a radiograph is any filling, inlay, crown or bridge unit that appears inside the tooth outline as material the beam passes through…
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