orthopantomographn.
/ˌɔːθə(ʊ)panˈtɒməɡrɑːf/, /ˌɔːθə(ʊ)panˈtɒməɡraf/, U.S. /ˈˌɔrθoʊˌpænˈtɑməˌɡræf/ Dentistry.
(a) A proprietary name for: an instrument for performing orthopantomography. (b) A radiograph obtained with this; = orthopantomogram n.
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1959 Y. V. Paatero in Annales Medicinae Internae Fenniae 48 Suppl. 28. 223 As no ‘orthopantomograph’ suitable for clinical use was yet available, the accompanying pictures were taken of a dry skull with a hand-rotated miniature apparatus.
1967 L. M. Ennis et al. Dental Roentgenol. (ed. 6) x. 283 In operation of the Orthopantomograph, the patient remains stationary while the x-ray tubehead circulates from his right side around behind his neck to the left side, while the film rotates about an axis and at the same time, revolves from the left side of the patient's face, around the front and to the right side of the face.
1971 Brit. Dental Jrnl. 130 429/2 There are two image layers in the orthopantomograph, one on either side of the rotational centre, the object further from the film presenting reversed images.
1999 Clin. Endocrinol. 50 191 We re-screened the living family members by orthopantomograph and renal ultrasound, and identified two jaw lesions in two gene carriers.
2004 R. C. K. Jordan & M. A. O. Lewis Color Handbk. Oral Med. viii. 161 (caption) Orthopantomograph of an edentulous individual showing gross loss of the alveolar bone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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