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22 Cards in this Set
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completely black |
film exposed to light before processing |
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completely clear |
unexposed film; film was not exposed to x-radiation |
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light |
underdeveloped film; inadequate or depleted developer, developer too cool
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dark |
overdeveloped film; excessive developing time, developer too hot, concentrated developer |
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dark spots |
developer spots; developer splashed on film before processing |
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light spots |
fixer spots; fixed splashed on film before processing |
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yellow, brown color stains |
exhausted chemicals, insufficient rinsing, incomplete fixation
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white spots |
air bubbles; air trapped on film surface after being placed into preocessing solution |
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thin black lines |
static electricity; occurs when a packet is opened quickly |
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herringbone or tire track pattern |
backwards film |
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white lines |
scratched film; soft emulsion removed from the film by sharp object |
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elongated roots |
slightly bent film |
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diagnal black line |
severely bent film |
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exposed area is black |
light lieak |
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gray; lack of contrast |
fogged film; improper safe light, outdated films, improper film storage, contaminated solutions |
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air space seen; lack of apices |
patient not biting on bite block |
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impages are tipped to one side |
tipped film; improper film placement |
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overlapping of teeth contacts |
overalapped images; incorrect horizaontal angulation |
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short teeth with blunted roots |
foreshortened images, too much vertical angulation |
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long, distorted teeth |
elongated images; too little vertical angulation |
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unexposed area on film |
cone cut; central ray not in center of film |
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appears as dental caries; radiolucent |
cervical burnout; radiolucent artifact seen in areas of different densities |