[Diagnosis of lesions in the area of the facial skull--indications and effectiveness of the conventional roentgen technic in comparison with computer tomography].

The substantial information conveyed by conventional radiodiagnostics of pathological alterations of the facial skull is shown in 243 patients examined by conventional radiodiagnostic means and by computerised tomography. Except in case of special demands, conventional tomography has to be preferred in routine diagnostics of the facial skull as a primary method supplying an answer to the most important questions at a lower cost and in a shorter time.