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Radiology PP-A

  1. What is the main purpose of dental radiographs
    Detection of disease in teeth and surrounding structures
  2. HBWS are also called
    DBWS or BWS
  3. SBWS are
    single bitewings or mixed dentition BWS
  4. When are occlusal x-rays taken
    On kids 3-5 to check the permanent teeth
  5. What x-rays are included in a FMX
    • 6 anterior PA
    • 4 BWS
    • 8 posterior PA
  6. What must be included with the PA on a code sheet
    The tooth number
  7. Radiology
    The science or study of radiation as used in medicine
  8. Radiation is
    Energy carried through space in the form of waves or a stream of particles
  9. X-ray is the
    A beam of energy (that penetrates structures and records images on receptors)
  10. Radiograph is the
    Finished image
  11. What are the two methods of dental radiology
    • conventional
    • Digital
  12. The conventional methods uses _______ and the digital method uses _______
    • film
    • sensors
  13. What are the two kinds of digital radiographs
    • Indirect- PSP (reusable plates)
    • Direct- CCD OR CMOS (same sensor throughout the mouth)
  14. Radiography is
    The art/science of making radiographs by exposure of image receptors (film or digital sensors) to xray beams
  15. The image recorded on the receptor remains “latent” (not visible) until it has been
    processed either digitally or chemically (conventional).
  16. Who was knows as the father of Radiology?
    Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
  17. Who took the first dental radiographs
    Dr. Otto Walkoff
  18. Who took the first dental radiographs on a skull in the U.S?
    Dr. W. J. Morton
  19. Who took the first dental radiographs on a live patient in the U.S and introduced the paralleling technique?
    C. Edmond Kells
  20. Who introduced the bisecting technique
    Weston Price (DDS from Cleveland, Ohio):
  21. Who redefined the original bisecting technique and introduced the bitewing tech in 1925
    Howard R. Raper
  22. Who was Credited for use of parallel technique in practical dentistry
    Franklin W. McCormack
  23. Who introduced the “long cone” parallel technique and also known as “Father of Modern Dental Radiography
    F. Gordon Fitzgerald (1947)
  24. Receptor is the
    Recording medium (in the form of: xray film or digital sensors)
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Radiology PP-A
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Radiology PP-A
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