Radiograph Flashcards
What’s Radiography?
- The techniques involved in producing the various types of radiographic image
What’s Radiology?
- The interpretation of the radiographic image
Remember a radiographic image is a….
- 2 dimensional picture of a 3 dimensional object
What’s Radio-opaque?
- White appearance
What’s Radiolucent?
Dark appearance
What are the main indicators on a Bitewing Radiograph?
- Detection of caries
- Monitoring the progress of caries
- Assessment of existing restorations
- Assessment of the Periodontal status
What’s the reporting sequence for recording radiographs?
- Date the image was taken
- Grading for that image and the justification for that grading
- What the image is (Right or Left bitewings)
- Say what you see i.e. teeth present - 23, 24, 25 & partial view of 26
4b. Bone levels - Use these findings with the findings from the clinical exam
Classification of Caries: What are Primary and Secondary caries?
Primary = on a unrestored surface
Secondary = Adjacent to or under restorations
How do you describe a specific lesion on a radiograph?
- Site
- Size
- Shape
- Outline/edge or Periphery
- Relative radiodensity and internal structure
- Effect on adjacent surrounding structures
- Time present
What’s the WHO classification for the Level of disease?
D1 = Clinically detectable enamel lesion with intact surfaces
D2 = Clinically detectable cavities limited to enamel
D3 = Clinically detactable lesions in dentine
D4 = Lesions into the pulp
How are D1 & D2 lesions normally treated?
- Prevention only
How are D3 & D4 lesions normally treated?
- Require restoration
What is needed when carrying out a Radiograph report?
- Date taken
- Radiographic view
- Grade
- Exposure time
- Teeth present
- Restorations present
- Caries
- Bone loss
- Other findings
- Other lesions
