Dental Radiograph system

Reason to use dental radiographs

Identifies Carie’s tooth resorptive lesions periapical abcesses retianted roots unerupted teeth congenitally missing teeth work chip fractured teeth intractable neoplasia oral tumors

The dentist unit

Stationary anode tube which is encased in the tube at the end of the scissor arm

Dental unit consist of

Control panel extension arm scissor arm X-ray tube which has the collimated cone and the angle meter

imaging choices

Manual processing computerized digital

Tooth anamoty

Crown root pulp chamber dentin enamel

Basic types of teeth

Incisors canine teeth premolar teeth molar teeth

manual processing

Uses film chairside darkroom light proof box

Manual processing left photo

Chairside darkroom

Manual processing middle photos

A film clip attached to a dental film then attached to chairside darkroom to move through chemicals

Manual processing right photos

Inside of the chairside darkroom from left to right devolved water fixer water

Manual processing mounting images

Arranged as if you were looking at animal right side of animal left side of you

D-speed

Dental film most coming speed film

Film sizes photo

Cats 0 and 2 small dogs and Val’s 2 and 4 medium to large dogs 4

Dental film packet

Left picture open dental film packet middle picture reverse side of dental film packet right picture thin lead sheet enclosed in dental film packet

Computyaed radiography

Used CR unit photostimulbale phosphor plates which are out through scanner and the image is converted into digital sizes 0 1 2 3 and 4

Digital radiograph

Uses a sensor that is directly wired to computer size 2

Dental formula

Illustrates how many of each top type is present in half of a dogs and cats mouth

Permanent

Upper case

Deciduous

Lower case

Canine dental formula

2X (I3C1P4M2)/(I3C1P4M3)=42 total

Feline dental formula

2X(I3C1P3M1)/(I3C1P2M1)=30 total

Anatomical system for notation

Older system uses letters

Modified triadan system

Labels each tooth by a code number of 3 starting at the midpoint of each quadrant 1=upper right 2=upper left 3=lower left 4=lower right

Tooth roots

Structure and number of tooth routes