Csce Dental Hygiene Board Review Exam Questions (52 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Foreshortening {Ans: Too MUCH vertical angulation; decrease angulation}Fogged films {Ans: Improper safelight, light leaking into darkroom, outdated film}Thin, black, branchlike lines on film {Ans: Static lines caused by low humidity and opening film packet too quickly}Yellow/brown stains on film {Ans: Exhausted solutions or insufficient washing}Severe bone loss {Ans: Loss of over 50% of normal supporting bone}Genial tubercles {Ans: 4 bony spines used for muscle attachment of the genioglossus and geniohyoid muscles, circular radiopacities inferior to central incisor apices}