The use of radiographs is essential as a diagnostic tool in veterinary dentistry.
Dental radiographs are taken for many reasons:
- To visualize root/bone before extraction
- To reveal pathology that would otherwise have been missed
- To view the extent of dental abscesses
- To view the presence of non erupted teeth
- The relationship between deciduous & permanent teeth
- To evaluate long term processes
- To create a baseline
- To isolate the affected tooth
