A review of dental radiographic interpretation, Part II: Differential diagnosis of radiopacities, mixed radiolucent-radiopaque lesions, maxillary sinus disease, and soft tissue calcifications.

Dental radiographic interpretation requires an understanding of the wide variety of disease processes that can affect the jaws as well as features useful in the differential diagnosis of jaw lesions. Part II of this series presents an approach to the differential diagnosis of radiopaque and mixed radiolucent-radiopaque jaw lesions, maxillary sinus disease, and soft tissue calcifications.