Legal Issues & Quality Assurance
_____ includes disclosure, informed consent, and understanding liability
What is risk management?
_____ x-rays appear blank or white due to the incorrect amount of radiation exposure
What are underexposed x-rays?
_____ is a type of sensor used to capture and convert X-ray images into digital signals
What is a charge-coupled device (CCD)?
_____ is the dense outer layer, appears radiopaque
What is cortical/cancellous bone?
Injury from an external force; can affect crowns, roots, and alveolar bone, leading to fractures or displacement
What is trauma?
_____ is the patient consent given after complete disclosure of the imaging procedure
What is informed consent?
_____ x-rays appear dark or high in density due to the incorrect amount of radiation exposure
What are overexposed x-rays?
_____ is the filmless imaging system using a sensor to capture images, convert them to electronic pieces, and store them on a computer with imaging software
What is digital imaging?
_____ is the lattice-like structure between cortical/cancellous bone, appears radiolucent
What is spongy bone?
Localized destruction of teeth by microorganisms
What is dental caries/cavity/decay?
_____ results from negligent dental care that falls below the standard of care in a similar locality under similar conditions
What is malpractice?
_____ happens when the contact areas of adjacent teeth are superimposed
What are overlapping contacts?
_____ provides accurate and detailed three-dimensional information
What is three-dimensional digital imaging (CBCT)?
Parts of the bone that appear as radiopaque; process, ridge, tubercle, tuberosity
What are prominences of bone
Round, ovoid, or cylindrical radiopacities in the pulp chamber or canals
What are pulp stones?
_____ is the time period for a patient to bring a malpractice action
What is the statute of limitations?
_____happens when the PID was not positioned correctly during exposure, and the x-beam did not expose the entire receptor
What is cone-cutting?
_____ is a discrete unit of information in a digital image
What is a pixel?
The space around the apex of a tooth
What is the periapical?
Tooth socket without a tooth visible on a periapical image
What is an avulsed tooth?
_____ must include informed consent, number and type of images, rationale, and diagnostic information. All information is confidential. Dental images are the property of the dentist, but patients have the right to reasonable access to their records with a written request. These are legal documents
What are patient records?
_____ happens when the patient's finger is incorrectly positioned in front of the receptor and appears on the x-ray
What is phalangioma?
Sensor (e.g., Charged-Coupled Device - CCD), computer with imaging software
What are the key components of digital imaging?
Parts of the bone that appear radiolucent; canal, foramen, fossa, sinus, septum
What are spaces and depressions in bone?
Lesion with an epithelial lining at the apex of a nonvital tooth, usually radiolucent
What is a periapical cyst or radicular cyst?