List reasons for assessing a patient for occlusal radiographs

What will be an ideal response?

To locate supernumerary, unerupted, or impacted teeth; to locate retained roots of extracted teeth; to detect the presence of, locate, and evaluate the extent of disease and lesions (cysts, tumors, etc.); to locate foreign bodies in the jaws; to reveal the presence of salivary stones (sialoliths) in the ducts of the sublingual and submandibular glands; to aid in evaluating fractures of the maxilla or mandible; to show the size and shape of mandibular tori; to aid in examining patients with trismus who can open their mouths only a few millimeters; to evaluate the borders of the maxillary sinus; to examine cleft palate patients; to use as an acceptable substitute on young children who may not be able to tolerate the image receptor placement required for a periapical radiograph; and as a supplement to periapical or bitewing radiographs. The large size 4 occlusal image receptor is very useful for recording information that cannot be adequately recorded on the smaller periapical image receptor.