x-rays
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| Primary Radiation? | Is the central beam that comes from the x-ray tubehead. It consists of high energy, short wave length x-rays traveling in a straight line.
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| What is the use of x-rays? | X-ray is used to examine components of the teeth and surround tissues that cannot be viewed in any other way.
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| ALARA? | As low as reasonably achievable.
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| Inherent filter function? | function is to screen out most of the longer and less useful wave lengths of radiation.
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| Central beam function? | Is used to expose the x-ray film.
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| Position-Indicator device function? | To guide and limit the amount of radiation
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| Target film disstance (TFD) definition | Is the distance from the source of the x-ray to the object being radiographed.
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| Dental x-ray units usually operate in the range of what? | 7.5,10 to 15 mA
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| Kilovoltage function | used to determine the quality of the central beam.
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| Radiolucent definition? | describe less dense tissues and materials that do permit the x-ray to pass through onto the dental film.
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| Radiopaque tissue definition? | dense structures that do not permit the passage of x-ray through them onto the film.
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| collimator function? | reduce the size of the x-ray beam and to reduce the amount of radiation to the patient.
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| secondary Radiation? | forms when primary x-rays strike the patient or contact matter.
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