Dental x ray unit ppt

How does a dental xray unit work?

How do dental X-rays work? Like X-rays taken in other parts of your body, dental X-rays use electromagnetic radiation to capture images of your mouth.
The radiation beam passes through your soft tissues and creates images of your teeth and bones..

What are dental X rays measured in?

The measurable quantity is the entrance surface air kerma/dose.
The unit of entrance surface kerma is the gray (Gy), but in dental radiology the dose levels are usually a small fraction of one gray - milligray (mGy), or even microgray (\xb.

1. Gy)

What are the five components of a dental X-ray unit?

Because the basic components and operating techniques of all dental X-ray machines are similar, we will only discuss the wall-mounted unit.
The component parts of the wall-mounted machine discussed here are the tube head, cylinder, extension arm, ready light, and a separate control panel..

What is the X ray unit?

Definition.
An x-ray unit is the equipment used to produce x rays.
Because of the risk of over-exposure to x rays, the x-ray unit includes both the machine used for collecting x rays and the protective room within which the x rays are taken and developed..

1. Gy)