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Dental x-ray equip.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who regulates the manufacture and installation of dental x-ray equipment | The federal government |
| Extending from the tube head opening is... | The position indicating device, or cone |
| Suspends the x-ray tubehead, houses the electrical wires and allows for movement and positioning of the tubehead | Extension arm |
| Activates the machine to produce xrays. | Exposure button |
| The dental radiographer must ................. the exposure button until the prestet exposure time is completed | Firmly depress |
| Device used to hold and align intraoral dental x-ray receptors in the mouth | Receptor holder |
| Eliminates the need for the patient to stabilize the receptor. | Receptor holder |
| With certain intraoral techniques (paralleling technique) a.......is required | Receptor holder |
| Examples of receptor holders | Disposable styrofoam bite-block....XCP Bite-block and Stabe Bite block |
| Used to indicate the PID position in relation to the tooth and receptor. | Beam alignment devices |
| What beam alignment devices feature plastic bite-blocks, plastic aiming rings and metal indicator arms | XCP and BAI |
| For use in conjunction with a beam alignment device..........may be retro fitted onto the end of a standard PID to restrict the size of the X-ray beam and limit radiation exposure | Collimating device |
| Used to stabilize an intraoral receptor. | Receptor holder |
| No federal standards existed for dental X-ray machines manufactured before the year? | 1974 |
| Dental receptors placed inside the mouth are termed? | Intraoral |
| The component part of the dental X-ray machine that contains the X-ray tube is termed? | Tubehead |
| The component part of the dental X-ray machine that allows movement and positioning of the tubehead is termed" | Extension arm |
| The dental radiographer can regulate the X-ray beam through the use of | The control panel |
| An instrument that is used to help the dental radiographer position the PID in relation to the tooth and receptor is the? | Beam alignment devices |
| A device that is used to stabilize an intraoral receptor is a | Film holder |
| A metal instrument that is used to restrict the size of the X-ray beam to the size of an intraoral receptor is the | Collimating device |