This will be the first of a new series on digital radiography. I won’t be going into deep detail about the mechanisms of how the different digital radiography systems work but more covering things that a salesperson may tell you or that you’ll see in ads and how to discern […]
This week I am showing a case of an enamel pearl along with the clinical photo of the tooth after it was extracted. Enamel pearls are an extra ‘blob’ of enamel near the furcation area on molars. They will present as circular radiopaque areas near the furcation. They […]
Now that we’ve gone over how changing the different settings affect your final image, we will go over how to adjust the settings and produce an image of similar density. First we’ll discuss kilovoltage peak (kVp) and then onto milliampere (mA). Kilovoltage peak (kVp) A few weeks ago we went […]
