Extraoral Examination
From the topic of oral examination, I was described a bit of what the extraoral examination is and what it includes. In this topic I want to go more in deep and explain more in detail how that extraoral examination is perform and which parts of the body is included. But first, I am going to copy paste some texts from the topic oral examination in order to refresh our mind what the extraoral examination was: So, the extraoral examination involves the examination of the head and neck which is the main part of oral examination to provide more information about the overall assessment of possible oral diseases. It is very important that you as a dentist should examine the cervical lymph glands. The cervical lymph glands is examined by firstly, standing behind the individual. Secondly, you can slightly flex and bend the neck to the side, in order to relax the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Thirdly, you will perform some kid of palpation and identification of...