physics, biology, safety
This part of the X-ray tube emits electrons when heated, starting the process of X-ray production.
What is the Cathode
This part is placed between the X-ray source and the patient to limit the size and shape of the X-ray beam.
What is the collimator?
This national organization develops exams and certifications for dental assistants in the United States.
Dental Assisting National Board (DANB)?
These tiny microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, can cause disease in the oral cavity or systemically.
What are pathogens?
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Who is Michael Jackson?
About 99% of the energy from electrons striking the tungsten target becomes this instead of X-rays.
What is Heat
These devices capture the X-ray image digitally, replacing traditional film.
What are digital sensors or intraoral sensors?
This federal agency sets standards for workplace safety, including exposure to bloodborne pathogens, which dental assistants must follow.
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
This type of transmission occurs when blood, saliva, or other body fluids carry pathogens from one person to another.
What is direct transmission?
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Adele
This highly radiosensitive organ in the neck is often protected during dental X-rays.
What is Thyroid
This feature allows the X-ray arm to move and be positioned accurately around the patient’s head.
What is the articulating arm?
Dental assistants must follow this OSHA standard to protect against infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis B.
Bloodborne Pathogens Standard?
Contaminated instruments must go through this process to destroy all microbial life, including spores.
What is sterilization?
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Who is Kourtney Kardashian?
This type of effect, which includes skin burns or cataracts, occurs only above a certain threshold dose.
What are deterministic effects?
Located at the end of the X-ray arm, this component shapes and restricts the X-ray beam to the area of interest.
What is the collimator?
This federal agency regulates medical devices, including dental X-ray equipment, to ensure safety and effectiveness.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
Examples of this type of instrument include scalpels, forceps, and periodontal probes.
What are critical instruments?
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Soundcloud
This 3D dental imaging technique produces a volumetric X-ray, exposing the patient to up to 200 µSv; its high-energy ionizing radiation can indirectly damage DNA via free radicals, so strict ALARA principles, collimation, and lead aprons are used to minimize stochastic effects.
What is CBCT
(cone-beam computed tomography)?
These are the metal plates inside the tubehead that convert electrical energy into X-rays.
X-ray target and anode?
This DANB exam focuses specifically on infection control, radiation health and safety, and general chairside knowledge.
What is the CDA (Certified Dental Assistant) Exam?
Semi-critical instruments that cannot withstand heat should undergo this type of chemical treatment
What is high-level disinfection?
This year Twitter was officially launched as a microblogging platform.
2006