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45°

Fig. 4.17 Lateral 45° ventrolateral oblique
projection.
Fig. 4.18 Positioning for a dorsoventral radiograph
using a gantry-mounted X-ray generator. Note the
radiograph was taken after the hands were removed
from the field of radiation.

4.19 4.20

15°

Fig. 4.19 Lateral 15° ventrolateral open-mouthed
oblique projection.

Fig. 4.20 Intraoral dorsoventral view of a horse’s
incisors using a computed radiography cassette.

and mandibular cheek teeth rows using a Butler’s (OMO) (Fig. 4.19), and ventrodorsal or dorsoven-
gag or plastic tube gag. Additional views that tral intraoral projections (Fig. 4.20). The OMO
may be useful include the open-mouthed oblique projection is particularly useful for examining the