Week 1- X-ray Equipment

Question 1

Who regulates the manufacturing and installation of dental x ray equipment?

Answer 1

The Federal and Provincial government

Question 2

What is this X-ray device called?

Answer 2

Intra Oral X ray machine

Question 3

What is this x ray device called?

Answer 3

Extraoral X-ray machine

Question 4

What is this x-ray machine and what makes it special?

Answer 4

Portable intraoral unit
- allows for exposures outside of the dental office

Question 5

What does the pink arrow point to in this photo? and what is it function?

Answer 5

Extension arm, allows for positioning of the tube head

Question 6

What does the blue arrow point too in this photo?

Answer 6

The tubehead

Question 7

What does the orange arrow point to in this photo?

Answer 7

The PID (Position- indicating device)

Question 8

What is this device?

Answer 8

the control panel

Question 9

What functions does the control panel have?

Answer 9

allows the radiographer to regulate the x ray beam

Question 10

What is a receptor holder?

Answer 10

a device used to hold and align intraoral dental x ray receptors in the mouth, it eliminates the need for a the patient to stabilize the receptor their selves

Question 11

What is a beam alignment device?

Answer 11

an instrument used to help the dental radiographer position the PID relative to the tooth and the receptor

Question 12

What is this a photo of

Answer 12

A type of receptor known as a disposable styrofoam bite block

Question 13

What is this a photo of?

Answer 13

A type of rector known as a molded- plastic device eg. snap-a-ray

Question 14

What is this a photo of?

Question 15

What is this a photo of?

Answer 15

a type of rector known as a disposable bit wing tab

Question 16

What is this a photo of?

Answer 16

Rinn XCP and BAI instrument

Question 17

What does this device do?

Answer 17

holds traditional film or digital sensors

Question 18

What are these devices?

Answer 18

Collimation device

Question 19

What does a collimation device do?

Answer 19

restricts the size of the x ray beam and limits radiation exposure

Question 20

what is used in conjunction to a collimation device?

Answer 20

a beam alignment device

Question 21

What is the primary benefit of dental images?

Answer 21

detection of disease

Question 22

what does the exposure button do on the control panel?

Answer 22

activates the machine to produce the dental x ray

Question 23

What does the tube head do in an intraoral x ray machine?

Answer 23

contains the x ray tube that produces x ray

Question 24

What are 3 examples of a extraoral x ray machine?

Answer 24

Panoramic, cephalometric and cone-beam computertomography

Question 25

When looking at beam alignment devices what colour does the anterior region use?

Answer 25

Uses the blue instrument

Question 26

When looking at beam alignment devices what colour does the posterior region use?

Answer 26

Use the Yellow Instrument

Question 27

When looking at beam alignment devices what colour does the Bite wing technique require?

Answer 27

The Red instrument

Question 28

When looking at beam alignment devices what colour do you use for endodontic procedures?

Answer 28

The teal instrument