Abstract
Recently, the problem of sequelae of traffic accident injuries, the so-called “dizziness caused by whiplash injuries ”, has come to the attention of the public, In order to diagnose that there is no abnormality of the bone, there is a limitation to the reading of radiographs because of the overlapping of images taken from only one direction. As a result, tomography and angiography are conduced on the cervical spine. We are rather dissatisfied with the present method of taking the left and right 45° anterior oblique view. Thus Orthopantomography was originally used to diagnose the neck and face. The author took a panoramic tomographic picture of the cervical vertebrae with an orthopantomography. Since this machine is not designed for taking X-ray pictures of the cervical vertebrae, only the upper cervical vertebrae was photographed for our observation. However, the author believes that panoramic tomography has a great diagnostic significance. It was tested to diagnose the panoramic image of the cervical spine. A discussion is made on the study regarding its advantages and limitation in use.
