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

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

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

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 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

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