RAD Quiz 15

"Overlap" refers to an elongated or foreshortened image on a bitewing radiograph.

• True

• False

Bitewings are limited in their ability to image the entire tooth.

• True

• False

If periapical radiographs are available, there is no need to expose additional bitewing radiographs.

• True

• False

If the image receptor holder is not positioned precisely, the resultant image may be undiagnostic.

• True

• False

Sometimes there is a need to expose more than four bitewing radiographs on an individual patient.

• True

• False

The term used to describe the contact point between teeth in the same arch is "proximal surface."

• True

• False

The true value of bitewing radiographs is that proximal surface caries may be identified.

• True

• False

What is the result if a bitewing radiograph is exposed using a vertical angulation of -10 degrees?

• More mandibular teeth and alveolar bone will be recorded.

• More maxillary teeth and alveolar bone will be recorded.