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RHS Flash Cards

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Term
Definition
Unexposed Film Appearance   clear film with a bluish tinge  
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Film Exposed to White Light Appearance   film appears black  
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Over Exposed Film Appearance   film appears dark  
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Under Exposed Film   film appears light  
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Premolar Bite-Wing must include...   Distal 1/2 canine, all premolars present & 1st molars of the and MD teeth, & crestal bone  
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incorrect Horizontal Angulation Appearance   overlapped contact areas appear on the film  
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cone-cut Appearance   a clear, unexposed area on the film  
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Film Bending Appearance   film appears stretched & distorted  
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Film Creasing Appearance   a thin radiolucent line appears on the film  
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Phalangioma Appearance   patients finger appears on the film  
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Double Exposure Appearance   two images are superimpose on top of each other  
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Patient movement Appearance   film image is distorted or blurred  
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Incorrect Vertical Angulation Appearance   short teeth with blunted roots appear on the film  
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Dropped Film Corner Appearance   the occlusal plane appears tipped or tilted  
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Incorrect Film Placement Appearance   no apices on the film  
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Molar Bite-Wing must include...   Distal 1/2 of second premolar, all molars present & both MX & MD molars & crestal bone  
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Reversed Film Appearance   light images with a herringbone pattern appear on the film  
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X-ray Machine Purpose   produce quality radiographs and detection of disease & lesions for diagnostic purposes  
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Federal Regulations   1968 Radiation Control for Health & safety Act: Standardize performance of x-ray equipment  
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Federal Regulations   1874 US FDA standardized all manufacturing of radiographic dental equipment  
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State Gov't Regulations determine when & how dental x-ray equipment is monitored   mandatory every 2 years  
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Tube head or tube housing used to...   produce x-rays  
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Extension arm used to   suspend tube head, house electrical wires & allows movement in all directions & positioning of x-ray tube head  
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Control panel used to...   allows fro regulation x-ray beam, control electrical current for generations of X-rays, & house control buttons and settings  
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kVp   65-100 kVp range - peek of energy  
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mA   7-15 range- amount  
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Exposure time   1/60th of second - standard & 1/100th of a second - digital  
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Collimator   lead diaphragm used to restrict the size of the x-ray beam (round, rectangular, cone)  
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X-ray film holders   stable (styrofoam bite block, simplest) XCP, Bite tab, EEZE grip, etc.  
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Beam Alignment Device   used to help the radiographer position the PID in relationship to the tooth and film  
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X-ray   beam of energy  
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Image   picture or likeness of an object  
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Receptor   something that responds to a stimulus  
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Film Composition   film base, adhesive layer, film emulsion, protection layer,  
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Film emulsion purpose & mixture   to give film greater sensitivity to x-radiation, homogeneous mixture of gelatin and silver halite crystals  
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Latent Image   stored image not visible in film  
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Purpose of Lead Foil Sheet   to prevent film fogging from scatter radiation  
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Periapical   examines the entire tooth and surrounding structure  
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Bitewing   examines the inter proximal surfaces of the crowns of both MX & MD teeth with cresal bone  
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occluscal   examines large area of MX or MD jaw  
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Types of Intra-Oral radiographic examination   periapical, interproximal, occlusal  
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Periapical   used to examine the entire tooth and supporting bone, periapical film paralleling and bisecting technique  
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Interproximal   examine the crown of both the mix and md teeth on a single film, and adjacent surfaces of teeth and cresal bone, bite-wing film, bite-wing technique  
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Occlusal   examines large areas of the mx or md on a single film, occlusal film , occlusal technique  
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