If the prescription of dental imaging were entirely dependent on selecting the exam with the lowest effective radiation dose in microsieverts, which of the following digital exams would have the lowest dose?

To achieve parallelism between the receptor and the long axis of the tooth when using the paralleling technique for image exposure, the ________ distance must be increased. 

In Colorado, facilities are required to have a manual for each type of x-ray machine in the facility that is available to and understood by the x-ray machine operators.  In Colorado, radiation safety policies and procedures must be reviewed and documented every year for each employee who operates an x-ray machine or is exposed to ionizing radiation during their work duties. 

The dental radiographer should stand at least ________ from the x-ray tubehead. In order to avoid the primary beam which travels in a straight line, the dental radiographer must position themselves perpendicular to the beam or at a __________  to __________ angle to the beam.  

Bite-wing images have been prescribed by the dentist for your 5-year-old patient.  Which size receptor will you use to create these images?

Which of the following may occur when radiation exits the tubehead and interacts with the patient?  Select all correct answers.

A patient chart note for a full mouth series using the paralleling technique should include which of the following?  1.  The dentist’s prescription  2.  Technique employed 3.  Number of images exposed 4.  Number of retakes and reason for retakes

 As a quality assurance administrator, you are responsible for implementing many of the technical aspects of a quality assurance plan. Who is responsible for outlining and defining the standard of quality in the dental office?

Dental images are a necessary component of comprehensive patient care.  One of the most important uses of dental images is for detection of oral diseases, lesions, and conditions.

Overlapped interproximal contacts are caused by improper vertical angulation.  To prevent overlapped contacts the vertical angulation should be adjusted to +10 degrees.