Dental Radiography: Principles and Techniques

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts associated with dental radiography, its importance, uses, benefits, and the roles of a dental radiographer.

Dental Image

A photographic image produced on film by the passage of x-rays through teeth and supporting structures.

Importance of Dental Images

Essential for diagnostic purposes, enabling identification of many conditions that may otherwise go undetected.

Uses of Dental Images

Detection of diseases, confirming suspected diseases, assisting in localization of lesions, and comparison of follow-up images.

Benefits of Dental Images

Primary benefit is the detection of disease, assisting in identifying and preventing problems.

Duties of the Dental Radiographer

May include positioning and exposing x-ray films, processing films, educating patients, and maintaining equipment.

Knowledge Requirements for a Dental Radiographer

Understanding of radiation history, physics, biology, and familiarity with dental x-ray equipment and quality assurance.

Professional Goals of the Dental Radiographer

Include patient and operator protection, patient education, operator competence and efficiency, and production of quality images.

Radiation Protection

Practices followed to safeguard personnel and patients from unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation.