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Classroom
sessions will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5 pm. with the appropriate
morning, lunch and afternoon breaks.
8:30 - Registration
9:00 - 10:00 -
I. Film
Processing and handling
A. Film, cassettes,
Rare Earth systems
B. Darkroom, Safelights, Duplicators, ID Printers
C. Processor settings, chemistry, proper
maintenance
II. Intra-oral Radiography
A. Proper Bisecting
angle, Paralleling techniques
B. Film holders
C. Techniques for vertical bitewings, etc.
10:00 -10:15 - Break
III.
Panoramic radiography
A. Theory, patient
positioning, common errors in positioning
B. Ghost images vs. anatomy
C. Techniques for horizontal and vertical
distortion reduction
D. Radiographic interpretation, checklist
IV. Radiovisiography,
Direct Digital
A. Fact vs. Fiction
B. Intra-oral, Extra-oral Applications
C. Scanners, monitors, printer settings
V. Cephalometric
radiography
A. Theory, equipment
B. Patient positioning, positional influences, soft
tissue, airway
C. Positional influences, symmetry vs. asymmetry
12:00-1:15 - Lunch
VI. Dental
Implant Radiology
A. Objectives,
limitations
B. Implant Imaging Protocol
C. Template designs, ball bearings vs. pins
D. Presurgical assessment with Panoramics,
Tomography
3:00 - 3:15 - Break
VII.
Extra-oral Radiography
A. Lateral Cervical
Spines, Transcranials, PA Townes, PA Skull, SMV
1. Principles,
equipment, patient positioning, positional influences
2. Radiographic checklist, interpretation,
tracing analyses
VIII. Introduction and
indications for Tomography, MR and CAT exams
A. Software
management programs
IX. Current Radiation
practices, lead shielding requirements, dosages |
