Today is image distortion. There is really only one characteristics (actually an artifact) we will be looking at; bending. (Note to those who use wired sensors, it is not possible to bend the sensor without breaking it 🙂 so this will not apply to you). Bending Bending occurs when the […]
This week I am showing a case of a specific kind of external resorption (invasive cervical resorption). This form of resorption occurs in the cervical region of a tooth. There have been many different causes for this resorption suggested such as trauma, orthodontic movement, intracoronal bleaching, periodontal root scaling, etc. […]
Today is all about image density and how different settings on the x ray unit as well as the subject being imaged will effect this. The four topics I will be covering are: milliampere (mA), kilovoltage peak (kVp), exposure time, and subject thickness. I have covered some of these topics […]
