X-Ray Safety
What is the protective garment you must put on your patient for all x-ray exposures?
Lead Vest
What does PA stand for?
Periapical
Flexible arm that is attached to the x-ray tubehead.
Extension arm
An x-ray that gives a view of the upper and lower jaws on a single radiograph.
Panoramic image
The basic form of matter that contain energy.
Atoms
State the term for the concept that radiation protection should be kept "ALARA"
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
The name of the color coded positioning instruments used to position and hold the dental x-ray sensor in the patient's mouth.
XCP
The lead lined piece of the x-ray machine that is used to aim the x-ray beam at the film that is in the patient's mouth.
Position Indicator Device (PID)
A dental film showing the crowns of the upper and lower teeth simultaneously and is often used to diagnose caries in the interproximal spaces.
Bitewing
Anything that occupies space and has form or shape.
Matter
The tightly sealed, heavy housing that contains the x-ray tube that produces dental x-rays.
Name the quantity and position of each type of x-ray taken to make an FMX.
8 Posterior PAs, 4 bitewings, and 6 Anterior PAs
Name the 2 main components of the x-ray tube.
DOUBLE POINTS!! Cathode (supplies the electrons necessary to generate x-rays) and anode (the tungsten target that acts as a target for the electrons to bounce off of)
What does PSP stand for?
Phosphor storage plate
The dense core of the atom that is composed of particles known as protons and neutrons.
Nucleus
Time between exposure to ionizing radiation and the appearance of symptoms.
Latent
A positioning error when the film/sensor is incorrectly aligned with the x-ray beam, this will show a blank white area with a curved edge on the processed image.
Cone-cut
Name 3 components of the control panel of an x-ray machine.
Master switch, indicator light, selector buttons and exposure button
Tiny, negatively charged particles with very little mass that orbit around the nucleus of an atom.
Electrons
Name 2 of the critical organs to consider when taking x-rays.
Skin, thyroid gland, lens of the eye and bone marrow
The imaginary three dimensional curved zone in which structures appear clear on a panoramic radiograph.
The focal trough
Name 3 components of a panoramic x-ray machine.
Tubehead, head positioner, exposure controls, film and intensifying screens (if using a film panoramic machine)
Name the two basic methods of acquiring a digital x-ray imaging.
Direct and indirect imaging
Name 1 of the traditional units of radiation measurement
Roentgen (R), Radiation absorbed dose (rad) or Roentgen equivalent [in] man (rem)