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INTERPRETATION OF
PERIODONTAL DISEASES
drg. SHANTY CHAIRANI, M. Si.
Interdental Craters
The interproximal crater is a two-walled,
troughlike depression that forms in the crest of
the interdental bone between adjacent teeth.
The buccal and lingual outer cortical walls of the
interproximal bone extend further coronally than
does the cancellous bone between them, which
has been resorbed.
Radiographically this presents as a bandlike or
irregular region of bone with less density at the
crest, immediately adjacent to the more dense
normal bone apical to the base of the crater
Furcation Involvement
The term furcation involvement describes the
radiographic appearance of bone loss in the
furcation area of the roots which is evidence of
advanced disease in this zone.
Although central furcation involvements are
seen more readily in mandibular molars, they
can also be seen in maxillary molars despite the
superimposed shadow of the overlying palatal
root.