[The use of panoramic images in daily routine nerve block analgesia]

The examination was meant to reveal if the lingula of the mandible was clearly recognizable and measurable on panoramic X-rays and, to what extent it was similar to the position of the lingula as determined by Szokolóczy's method applied in mandibular nerve block analgesia. Their findings were based on radiographs taken during daily routine, mono and dizygotic cases, and radiographs taken of the same patients over a period of 20 years. Further measurements were performed on dry mandibles, on CT pictures and on panoramic pictures taken of these cases. It was found that the panoramic radiographs provided information on cases of mandibular nerve block analgesia as well.