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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

Phosphor plates are a re-useable type of digital radiographic film. Phosphor plates are unlike digital solid state sensors in that they are not directly linked to a computer,

Extra-oral solid state sensors are used outside of the patients’ mouth and take much larger but less detailed images than intra-oral radiographs. Because the images

As previously mentioned in my blog post "Types of Radiographs" intra-oral films are placed inside a patients’ mouth when a radiograph is being taken,

Radiographic film is what most people think of as an x-ray film, it has been widely used for taking all kinds of radiographs for many years. Radiographic film

Dental radiographs can be put into two main groups; intra-oral and extra-oral. Each specific dental radiograph, whether intra-oral or extra-oral is used to show a specific view

Radiography (x-rays) is used in dentistry in order to show or confirm things to the dentist which can’t necessarily be seen or known with just clinical examination of

Once orthodontic treatment has been completed, (and records have been updated including final impressions for study models) and the ideal occlusion and appearance have been

When a fixed Orthodontic appliance is fitted the time spent in the dental chair will be considerably longer than when having removable Orthodontic appliances