Table 2.
Different combinations of radiographs used for the localization of impacted teeth.
| Authors | Year | Methods | Radiographs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Davidson (18) | 1898 | Stereoscopy | 2 PA or 2 AO |
| Bosworth (19) | 1934 | Multiple exposures | 1PA |
| Donovan (20) | 1952 | Occlusal radiography | AO |
| Richards (21) | 1952 | Buccal object rule | 2PA |
| Broadway and Gould (22) | 1960 | Ballard suggestion for localization | LC and PAC |
| Seward (23) | 1963 | Radiology in general practice | Apex PA, VO, PA skull, ROL of jaws, and lateral exposure of sinus |
| Rayne (9) | 1969 | Localization of canine | PA and AO |
| Wraith (24) | 1969 | Radiographic assessment canines | PA skull, LC and 2 PA |
| Turk and Katzenell (25) | 1970 | Panorex | PAN |
| Hounsfield (26) | 1973 | Computerized tomography | |
| Ostrofsky (27) | 1976 | Magnification technique | PAN |
| Beeching (28) | 1981 | Parallax with Panorex | PAN, VO of upper jaw or AO of the lower jaw |
| Coupland (29) | 1984 | LC skull and PAN | LC and PAN |
| Keur (16) | 1986 | Keur technique | 2AO |
| Ericson and Kuroll (30) | 1986 | Polytomography | |
| Southall and Gravely (31) | 1989 | Vertical parallax radiology | OO and PAN |
| Miller et al. (32) | 1990 | Cross-sectional tomography | |
| Jensen (33) | 1990 | Free-focus radiography | PAN |
| Tammisalo et al. (34) | 1992 | Scanora | |
| Ong (35) | 1994 | Alternative to VO | AO |
| Felice and Lombardi (36) | 1995 | Water's view | Water's view and PAN |
| Gray et al. (37) | 1996 | MRI | |
| Preda et al. (38) | 1997 | Spiral CT | |
| Jacobs (11) | 1999 | Right angle technique | PAN and AO |
| Jacobs (39) | 2000 | Cross- sectional occlusal radiography | AO and PAN |
| Kim et al. (40) | 2003 | SLUOBD method | PAN and PA |
| Tony and Alfred (41) | 2010 | Tangential radiography | PAN and AO |
| Tymofiyeva et al. (42) | 2010 | dMRI |
PA, periapical radiograph; AO, anterior occlusal; VO, vertex occlusal; OO, oblique occlusal; LC, lateral cephelogram; PA skull, posteroanterior view of skull; PAN, panoramic radiograph.