Dental radiography 314 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The aim of a quality assurance programme of radiographs is to keep exposure and processing faults to a minimum. What are the acceptable ratios? - Answer-Score 1 - 70% Score 2 - 20% Score 3 - 10% Where on the body is the recommended position to place a monitoring badge, which is used to identify if a staff member has received any accidental exposures? - Answer-Waist area When a periapical view of an upper incisor is mounted for viewing, what is the orientation of the film on the viewer? - ...

Dental Radiography 314 Exam with complete solutions

Dental Radiography - Unit 314 Exam Complete Questions And Answers

Radiation cannot be - Answer-seen, heard or felt Quality assurance in radiography is a - Answer-Legal requirement Recall patients who have a high caries risk should be radiographed at what intervals using horizontal bitewings? - Answer-6 months What is the purpose of black paper in intraoral film packets? - Answer-Prevents exposure of the film to light What is classed as a safe level of X-ray exposure? - Answer-There isn't a safe level What are extraoral cassettes marked with? - Answer-T...

Ionising Radiation Regulations (1999) - Answer-Protection of staff involved in the use of ionising radiation Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (2000) - Answer-Protection of patients undergoing radiographic procedures Local Rules - Answer-Kept in radiation protection file Main points need to be displayed in prominent place beside x-ray machine Name of RPS Names of staff qualified to take x-rays Contingency plan Controlled area (1.5m) and safety zone (2m) around machine hea...

Dental Radiography - Unit 314 Diploma Exam with complete solutions

Ionising Radiation - Answer-Type of electromagnetic radiation that possesses energy, capable of passing through matter such as human tissue What happens when x-rays pass or hit the atoms of the matter? - Answer-They are: Unaltered, Scattered, Absorbed Radiopaque - Answer-Substances of greater density that absorb x-rays and appear in shades of white on film Radiolucent - Answer-Substances of less density that allow x-rays to pass through and appear dark on radiographs Scattered radiation ...

Radiography - Answer-Is the use of electromagnetic radiation to form 2 dimentional images of the inside of the human body x-ray image - Answer-Radiogaph Radioopaque - Answer-Appears white (Light/grey) areas of the film after exposure. This shows structures that radiation does NOT easily pass through on the film Radioluscent - Answer-Appears Black (dark) areas on the film after exposure. This shows that structures that radiation can easily pass through on a film. Intraoral film - Answer-Fi...

RPA - Answer-Radiation Protection Advisor, role must be carried out by Radiation Physicist RPS - Answer-Radiation Protection Supervisor, within the practice over sees radiation within the practice and ensures compliance with arrangements made by the Radiation Protection Advisor. ensures all staff have read local rules IRMER 2000 - Answer-Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulations 2000 relates to staff IRR 99 - Answer-Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999 relates to patients Radiation mo...