xray homework Flashcards
A quality assurance program refers to routine procedures that have been established to ensure high-quality and minimal risk to patients: True or false
True
Bitewing radiographs are also known as interproximal radiographs: True or false
True
Digital radiography computer system allows for displaying an image on a computer screen without exposing in processing dental film: True or false
True
A conventional x-ray machine is used with digital radiography: True or false
True
Who was the inventor of x-rays
Roentgen
The central beam that comes from the x-ray tube head is _______ radiation.
Primary
The tissues/Oregon’s most sensitive to radiation include : ________ & _________
Bone marrow and reproductive cell
The effects of radiation are ______
Accumulative
What determines the quality of radiation?
Kilo voltage
The size of a narrow anterior film is
1
X-ray film is sensitive to (3 answers)
Stray radiation,high temperatures and chemicals
The word apron with the thyroid collars should be used for (3 answers)
Children, adults, and pregnant women
The dental film that has the highest speed for the greatest reduction in radiation exposure for the patient is the
Insight
In the paralleling technique the film packet must be
Parallel to the long axis of the tooth
Which of the following would a para apical radiograph show
Apical area of a tooth
Which of the following would appear on a bite wing radio graph
Alveolar crest, faulty restorations and cavities
If an automatic processor has a daylight loader it means a film can be
Processed in the daylight
The dental specialist who routinely use extraoral radiographs are
Oral surgeons an orthodontist
Panoramic radiograph to give the dentist a view of
Fractures in bone
what is the average number of months for routine dental radiographs exams
Six and 12 months
Bite wings will detect what ( 3 answers)
Cavities, calculus and faulty restorations
What is the downside of using digital radiography
Sensors are usually thicker causing the patient to gag
Number zero
Child film
Number three
Long biteWing film
Number four
Occlusal film
Number one
Narrow anterior film
Number two
Adult film
What is caused by too much angulation during exposing radiographs
Forshortening
What word describes angled toward mesial/distal instead of inter-proximal during exposing radiographs
Overlapping
What word describes when the x-ray beam missed part of the film during exposing radio grass
Cone cutting
What word describes too little positive angulation for maxillary jewelry or negative for mandibular during exposing radiographs
Elongation
What word describes when the film is not completely immersed or tanks are low solution levels during film processing
Partial image
What word describes when there are dark fingerprint smudge marks
Film artifacts
what word would describe film that has overdeveloped or that the developing solution temperature was too high
Dark film
what word would describe film that has a gray appearance, film image detail is lost
Dogged film
