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What does the 'SLOB' rule (used to localize an object's buccolingual position using two angled periapical radiographs) stand for?

  1. Same Lingual, Opposite Buccal
  2. Same Lateral, Opposite Buccal
  3. Straight Line, Object Buccal
  4. Same Lingual, Opposite Bone
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Correct answer: A. Same Lingual, Opposite Buccal

SLOB stands for 'Same Lingual, Opposite Buccal': if an object's apparent position shifts in the SAME direction as the X-ray tube/cone shift between two films, the object is LINGUAL (palatal in the maxilla); if it shifts in the OPPOSITE direction, the object is BUCCAL.

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