The patient's head is rotated. The right side of the head is further away from the film, resulting into magnified image of the right side. The image of the right side is also blurry. The images of the molars and canines are overlapped.
Errors in Panoramic Radiography
Errors in panoramic radiography are usually from two different sources: patient positioning errors and darkroom errors (film-based radiography). In this self-tutorial, several radiographs are included to demostrate patient positioning errors. Please review the six examples of most common errors in panoramic radiography. Eliminating these common errors will provide us with better diagnosis.
Panoramic Erros Case 4