A digital manual for the early diagnosis of oral neoplasia
Advanced squamous cell carcinoma
Figure 10: Pantomograph of the same patient showing destruction of the left maxilla with very little bone support for left maxillary first and third molar giving a "tooth floating in air" appearance. There is a well-defined radiolucency related to the root stump of left mandibular first molar, suggestive of periapical granuloma.