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27 Cards in this Set
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Outside focal trough - blurry
Anterior teeth narrow - teeth closer to film, less magnification Correct - ensure teeth are in notches on bite stick Anteroposterior error |
Teeth Too Anterior
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Outside focal trough - blurry
Anterior teeth narrow - teeth closer to film, less magnification Correct - ensure teeth are in notches on bite stick Anteroposterior error |
Teeth Too Anterior
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Outside focal trough - blurry
Anterior teeth wide - teeth further from film -> magnified Anteroposterior error |
Teeth Too Posterior
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Outside focal trough - blurry
Anterior teeth wide - teeth further from film -> magnified Anteroposterior error |
Teeth Too Posterior
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Failure to position mid-sagittal plane with light marker
Magnification of Horizontal error |
Head turned to
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Failure to position mid-sagittal plane with light marker
Magnification of Horizontal error |
Head turned to
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Failure to position mid-sagittal plane with light marker
Magnification of Horizontal error |
Head turned to
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Mandibular incisors appear short
Mandible appears V-shaped Failure to use light beam to ensure Frankfort plane is horizontal - Vertical error |
Head Tipped Down
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Mandibular incisors appear short
Mandible appears V-shaped Frankfort plane is horizontal - Vertical error |
Head Tipped Down
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Mandible 'squared-off'
Hard palate superimosed over the roots of the maxillary teeth (hard to see root areas) Frankfort plane is horizontal - Vertical error |
Head Tipped Up
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Mandible 'squared-off'
Hard palate superimosed over the roots of the maxillary teeth (hard to see root areas) Frankfort plane is horizontal - Vertical error |
Head Tipped Up
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Failure to Remove earrings
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Ghost image - Earrings
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c
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Ghost Image - Mandible
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Lead Apron improperly positioned high on the back of the patient's neck
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Lead Apron
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Lead Apron improperly positioned high on the back of the patient's neck
Black dots are stitching on thyroid collar |
Lead Apron
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Patient not standing straight
(not completely blocked out as with lead apron) |
Cervical Vertebrae Shadow
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Failure to keep tongue against the palate during exposure
Difficult to diagnose periapical pathology in maxillary area |
Palatoglossal Air Space Shadow error
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Removing the film from the box or cassette too quickly
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Static electricity
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Upper denture (acrylic allows x-rays to pass through, bone is clearly visible)
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Failure to remove appliance
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Metal frameworks obscure large areas.
Retake |
Failure to Remove applieance
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Failure to Remove tongue ring
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Square mandible
Reverse smile Proximity of hard palate to the roots of the maxillary teeth |
Failure to Remove glasses
Head tipped up too much |
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Patient Movement
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Uneven inferior border of the mandible (may have been misinterpreted as the result of a fracture)
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Patient Movement
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Double Exposure
Static electricity |
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Overexposed
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c
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Underexposed
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