16 Flashcards
o prevents secondary scatter
o lead films
o placed between the patient & film
Grid
Equipment preparation :
- Load the extraoral cassette in the dark room.
Place one extraoral film bet. Two intensifying screens and securely close the cassete - Set the exposure factors
PATIENT PREPARATION:
- Explain to the patients the procedure
- Place the lead apron without the thyroid collar
- Remove all objects from head and neck region
Film parallel to midsagittal plane
Lateral cephalometric
Canthomeatal line at 30 with film
Reverse towne
Cathomeatal line parallel to film
SUBMENTOVERTEX
Canthomeatal line at 37 with film
Waters
Cantomeatal line at 10 with film
Posterioranterior cephalometric
used to examine the posterior region of the mandible
LATERAL JAW RADIOGRAPHS
patients with limited jaw opening due to a fracture or swelling and in patients who have difficulty in stabilizing or tolerating intraoral film placement
LATERAL JAW RADIOGRAPHS
PURPOSE
→ evaluate impacted teeth, fractures, and lesions located in the body of the mandible
→ demonstrates the mandibular premolar and molar regions as well as the inferior border of the mandible
BODY OF THE MANDIBLE PROJECTION
PURPOSE
→ evaluate impacted third molars, large lesions, and fractures
RAMUS OF THE MANDIBLE PROJECTION
can be exposed using a standard intraoral x-ray machine but
most require the use of an extraoral unit and cephalostat
SKULL RADIOGRAPHS
→ used to examine the bones of the face and skull
→ most often used in oral surgery and orthodontics
SKULL RADIOGRAPHS
evaluate facial growth and development, trauma, and disease and developmental abnormalities
→ demonstrates the bones of the face and skull as well as the soft tissue profile of the face
LATERAL CEPHALOMETRIC PROJECTION