CSCE Dental Hygiene Board Review Questions with Correct Answers

CSCE Dental Hygiene Board Review Questions with Correct Answers Foreshortening - Correct Answers Too MUCH vertical angulation; decrease angulation Elongation - Correct Answers Too LITTLE vertical angulation; increase angulation Herringbone, "waffle pattern" - Correct Answers Backward placement of film; place the film with the smooth, white side next to the tooth and the bumpy side away (there is a lead foil on the backside of the film packet to prevent backscatter) Cracked emulsion - Correct Answers Sudden temp. changes between developer and fixer Darker areas - Correct Answers Developing solution touches film before processing procedure Light areas - Correct Answers Fixer solution touches film before processing procedure Yellow/brown stains on film - Correct Answers Exhausted solutions or insufficient washing Straight white border on film - Correct Answers Developer CUTOFF caused by incomplete immersion of film into developer Straight black border on film - Correct Answers Fixer cutoff caused by incomplete immersion of film into fixer Outline border of another film - Correct Answers Films stuck together in solutions White spots on film - Correct Answers Air bubbles trapped during processing Thin, black, branchlike lines on film - Correct Answers Static lines caused by low humidity and opening film packet too quickly Fogged films - Correct Answers Improper safelight, light leaking into darkroom, outdated film