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Dental Radiography

Principles and Techniques

Set yourself up for success with this must-have oral radiography text. Dental Radiography: Principles and Techniques gives you a comprehensive foundation for the safe, effective… Leer más

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Set yourself up for success with this must-have oral radiography text. Dental Radiography: Principles and Techniques gives you a comprehensive foundation for the safe, effective use of radiation in the modern dental office. This combination textbook and training manual features easy-to-understand content combined with step-by-step techniques and a stellar art program to help you apply what you’ve learned to practice. Plus, new content focuses on pediatrics and the latest in digital and three-dimensional technology!

Puntos claves

  • Comprehensive coverage
    • offers all the information you need to know to prepare for board exams.
  • Step-by-step procedures help ensure technique mastery and serve as a valuable reference tool.
  • Technique Tips help you to recognize and prevent the most common performance pitfalls.
  • Quiz questions provide valuable self-assessment of important concepts.
  • Key terminology is highlighted in chapter discussions and defined in a back-of-book glossary.
  • Learning objectives and chapter summaries serve as goal-setting study tools.

Índice

PART I. Radiation Basics

1. Radiation History

2. Radiation Physics

3. Radiation Characteristics

4. Radiation Biology

5. Radiation Protection

PART II. Equipment, Film, and Processing Basics

6. Dental X-Ray Equipment

7. Dental X-Ray Film

8. Dental X-Ray Image Characteristics

9. Dental X-Ray Film Processing

10. Quality Assurance in the Dental Office

PART III. Dental Radiographer Basics

11. Dental Radiographs and the Dental Radiographer

12. Patient Relations and the Dental Radiographer

13. Patient Education and the Dental Radiographer

14. Legal Issues and the Dental Radiographer

15. Infection Control and the Dental Radiographer

PART IV. Technique Basics

16. Introduction to Radiographic Examinations

17. Paralleling Technique

18. Bisecting Technique

19. Bite-Wing Technique

20. Exposure and Technique Errors

21. Occlusal and Localization Techniques

22. Panoramic Imaging

23. Extraoral Imaging

24. Imaging of Patients with Special Needs

PART V. Digital Imaging Basics

25. Digital Imaging

26. Three-Dimensional Digital Imaging

PART VI. Normal Anatomy and Film Mounting Basics

27. Normal Anatomy: Intraoral Images

28. Film Mounting and Viewing

29. Normal Anatomy: Panoramic Images

PART VII. Image Interpretation Basics

30. Introduction to Image Interpretation

31. Descriptive Terminology

32. Identification of Restorations, Dental Materials, and Foreign Objects

33. Interpretation of Dental Caries

34. Interpretation of Periodontal Disease

35. Interpretation of Trauma and Pulpal and Periapical Lesions

GLOSSARY

INDEX

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Sobre los autores

JI

Joen Iannucci

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Clinical Dentistry, Division of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

LH

Laura Jansen Howerton

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Instructor, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA