Hello. I had neck dissection in 2012. I have been advised I need to remove a wisdom tooth and the docs have done a so-called panoramic dental x-ray.
On the x-ray image, there were two small white lines. The dental doc asked whether I had any surgery. I said yes. He said it was likely to be some sort of vessel connections, as I understood.

I moved the country since then and I do not get to see the same surgeon who did the neck dissection operation. So it is difficult for me to ask him what exactly it was but I am curious to know.

I wonder whether the experts of this forum have any idea what these small write lines on the x-ray were? If vessel connections, why would they make them etc? Is anyone familiar with this or are there any links to educate myself?

Thank you.