You are having difficulty determining whether the radiolucent area on tooth number 7 on the dental image is decay or a composite restoration.Which of the following should you do?
A)Ask your patient.
B)Perform a clinical examination.
C)Search on the Internet.
D)Look in a textbook.

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According to the text,if questions arise as to what is seen on a dental image concerning dental restorations,materials,or foreign objects,clinical examination of the patient can be used to obtain additional information.Verbal inquiry of the patient can be attempted,but some patients are unreliable historians.An Internet search may be useful for background information,but if dental images are interpreted without the patient present,some important clinical information is not available.A textbook reference may be useful for background information,but if dental images are interpreted without the patient present,some important clinical information is not available.

You Are Having Difficulty Determining Whether the Radiolucent Area on Tooth