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What Causes A "shadow On Lower Jaw Bone" On X-ray?

Good Evening Doctor,

I took my eldest teen daughter into her new orthodontist for a consultation 2 weeks ago and her new orthodontist noticed a shadow on her lower jaw bone. My daughter is scheduled to get braces on her teeth early next month.

Her orthodontist told me that she planned to consult with the oral surgeon and she also mentioned that my daughter may need a biopsy--but couldn't confirm without hearing from oral surgeon.

Her ortho told me that we would move forward with the ortho plans as scheduled and wait for the oral surgeon to get back to me/us. 2 weeks later and the oral surgeon has yet to follow up with me.

I'm sure my daughter is healthy and there are no issues with her bone--but the ortho has peaked my interest.

Can you please help me understand what shadowing of the bone indicates? Can you also help me understand what alternative you would recommend in lieu of a biopsy of the bone and or bone area?

Please share alternative effective methods to determine what may be causing the shadowing.

Thanks In Advance for your time.

Warm Regards,
TJ
Thu, 3 Jul 2014
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Dentist, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,  's  Response
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. When you have a doubt take one more opinion from a oral physician and radiologist to rule out any pathologies. Without seeing the radiograph its very difficult to tell about the pathology. If you can mail the radiograph then we can say what pathology it is, whether it requires biopsy or not. i hope my answer will help you, take care.
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What Causes A "shadow On Lower Jaw Bone" On X-ray?

Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query. When you have a doubt take one more opinion from a oral physician and radiologist to rule out any pathologies. Without seeing the radiograph its very difficult to tell about the pathology. If you can mail the radiograph then we can say what pathology it is, whether it requires biopsy or not. i hope my answer will help you, take care.