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Types of Dentures

Types of Dentures

When a patient wants a missing tooth or teeth to be replaced, they are usually given a number of possible treatment plans – one of which is often a denture. Those who have one or several teeth missing could have …

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Deciding to Have Dentures

Deciding to Have Dentures

Losing a tooth can be quite upsetting for patients, particularly if the tooth that is missing is in the anterior region of the mouth, however, patients should be

Cone Beam Computed Tomography

Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT)

Cone beam computed technology has been in use in specialised medical centres and hospitals for a number of years. As technology progresses, the use of CBCT in dentistry

Extra Oral Radiographs

Extra-oral Radiographs – Ideal Quality Criteria

Extra-Oral radiographs are taken with the image receptor placed outside of the patients’ mouth. These radiographs show large areas and are less defined than

Intra-oral Radiographs

Intra-Oral Radiographs – Ideal Quality Criteria

Intra-oral radiographs are those which are taken with the image receptor placed inside the mouth. The image produced should be

Digital Image Processing

Radiography – Digital Image Processing

Digital images are processed and viewed on computers, there is no processing that is physically carried out by any member of the dental team. Digital radiographic

Dental Xray

Manual and Automatic Processing of Radiographic Film

Manual processing of Radiographic Film is carried out in a darkroom; this means that is completely light tight except for an appropriate

Image Processing - Radiographic Film

Image Processing – Radiographic Film

Once a radiographic film and area the area of the mouth to be viewed have been exposed to x-ray photons, the image (or more

Extra Oral Phosphor Plates

Radiography – Extra-oral Phosphor Plates

Extra-oral radiographs involve the image receptor being placed outside of the patients’ mouth; they are used to capture images of large areas but are less detailed than intra-oral

Radiography - Intra-oral Phosphor Plates

Radiography – Intra-oral Phosphor Plates

Intra-oral radiographs are taken with the image receptor placed inside a patient’s mouth; due to this these image receptors must be reasonably small. Intra-oral phosphor plates are available