Soft Tissue Calcifications in the Head and Neck Region

Ali Z Syed

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2023.10.002

Soft Tissue Calcifications in the Head and Neck Region

Dent Clin North Am. 2024 Apr;68(2):375-391. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.10.002. Epub 2023 Nov 23.

Author

Ali Z Syed¹

Affiliation

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine - Case Western Reserve University, 9601 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. Electronic address: azs16@case.edu.

PMID: 38417996
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2023.10.002

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the soft tissue calcifications in the head and neck region as noted on dental imaging, with particular focus on the radiographic appearance of these entities..

Keywords: Calcification; Calcium metabolsim disorder; Cone-beam computed tomography; Diagnostic imaging; Head; Monckeberg medial calcific sclerosis; Neck; Soft tissue.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cone-Beam Computed Tomography* / methods
Head / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Neck* / diagnostic imaging