Film Errors Flashcards
Light appearance, much white:
Underexposed
Lots of dots, cracked because sudden temperature change:
Reticulation
Dark appearance, much black:
Overdeveloped
Dark or black spots:
Developer spots
White or light spots, sometimes white splashes:
Fixer spots
Yellow-brown colors; normally from exhausted developer or fixer:
Yellow-brown stains
Straight white border:
Developer cutoff
Straight black border:
Fixer cutoff
White or dark areas on film appear stuck together:
Overlapping films
Small white spots
air bubbles
Thin, black, branching lines:
Static electricity
White lines:
Overlap
Gradient, exposed area appears black:
Light leak
Looks like two x rays on top of each other, phantom like
Double exposure
Apices are not seen, from improper placement:
Apex cutoff
PID is not properly aligned with periapical beam alignment device causing this curve error:
Conecut
When sensor is not placed perpendicular to occlusal plane:
Occlusal tipping
Too little vertical angulation, teeth look long
Elongation
Too much vertical angulation and you see a lot of the palette
Foreshortening
Thin black radiolucent lines on image that appear as film creases, normally caused by careless handling:
Bent film
Film is reversed causing ‘tire tracks’ or ‘scales’
Herringbone
Caused from insufficient cleaning, black lines on film
Dirty Rollers
Patient/PID moved resulting in:
Blurred Image
No image at all:
No exposure
