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ability to read what is revealed by a dental image |
interpretation |
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different terms can be used to describe the appearance, location, and size of a lesion |
descriptive terminology |
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Descriptive terminology allows dental professionals to ---- and ---- what is seen on a dental image intelligently and to communicate using a common language. |
describe and discuss |
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The use of descriptive terminology eliminates the change for ---- among dental professionals and to ---- what is seen on a dental image. |
miscommunication, document |
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----- of what is viewed on dental images is essential for legal purposes. If no notation of interpretation is included in the patient record, no legal documentation can be made that the dental images were reviewed. |
documentation |
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Descriptive terminology allows the dental professional to describe what is seen on a dental image without implying a ----. |
diagnosis |
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It is extremely ---- or ----- to make a diagnosis from a dental image alone. |
difficult or impossible |
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two dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object |
radiograph |
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a radiograph is an image that is produced by exposing the film to ----- and then processing the film so that a negative is produced. |
x-rays |
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a radiograph refers to the actual ---- , an an x-ray refers to the -----, or radiation |
film exposed, beam of energy |
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a beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and to record shadow images on receptors |
x-ray |
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The term ----- is refers to an image composed of pixels. |
digital image |
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what is viewed on radiographs and/or on digital images. |
dental image |
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A dental image appears radiolucent (black or dark) where the tissues are ---- or ----, and it appears radiopaque (white or light) where the where the tissues are ---- or ----- |
soft or thin,thick or dense. |
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portion of a processed dental image that is dark or black |
radiolucent |
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Radiolucent materials lack ---- and permit the passage of the ---- with little or no resistance |
density, x-ray beam |
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dental caries appears radiolucent because the area of tooth with dental caries is ----- than surrounding structures and therefore readily permits the passage of the ----. |
less dense, x-ray beam |
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air spaces soft tissues dental pulp periodontal ligament space |
radiolucent structures |
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p. |
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