Abstract:
The oral health is an indicator for general individual health. The aims of this study were to assess the Oral Health by Using Orthopantomogram (OPG) as one of the radiological method .
This was a study of 100 panoramic radiographs taken from male patients ages range between 18-78 years old who presented to the Khartoum Teaching Dental Hospital, Almursi dental center at the period from September 2011 to May 2012 with.
The panoramic radiographs and dental records were reviewed in order to determine whether there were impacted or supernumerary teeth and loss teeth and caries, root infection as variables to evaluate the oral health.
The sample was classified in to old male age (31-60) years which at 58% of the sample and young male age (10-30) years act as 42%.
The results showed twice, third or all problem in the same time in normal cavity which the impacted teeth were (36%) is more common than supernumerary teeth (27%), appear loss teeth high score percentages (69%), also caries were (28%), and root infection was (25%). ص
