@sciencefunn: What actually happened during the scan? 🦷💀👓 The patient accidentally kept their glasses on during a dental CT/CBCT scan. Parts of the frames, especially metal components, are much denser than soft tissue, so they absorb or block far more X-rays. When the scanner reconstructs the images into a 3D model, highly X-ray-opaque materials show up very brightly. The software isn’t literally “mistaking the glasses for bone”; it’s simply displaying anything dense enough to appear in the scan. That’s why the frames can end up looking like they’re perfectly attached to the skull. Metal can also create streaks and other imaging artifacts, which is why patients are usually asked to remove glasses, jewelry, and other metal objects before the scan. Result: accidental skeletal drip. 💀😎 We share wholesome science content. Feel free to join us 👉 @sciencefunn for more.

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