Ch 18 & 11: Dental Imaging Examinations & Mounting and Viewing

Which of the following images is used to evaluate the crown, roots, and supporting bone of a tooth?

• Occlusal

• Interproximal

• Periapical

• Panoramic

Bisecting and paralleling are two methods used for obtaining which of the following dental images?

• Periapical examination

• Cephalometric

• Maxillary pediatric occlusal projection

• Panoramic

Which of the following is an extraoral image?

• Periapical

• Bitewing

• Maxillary lateral occlusal projection

• Panoramic

The bite-wing receptor is used for the

• periapical paralleling technique.

• periapical bisecting technique.

• occlusal technique.

• interproximal examination.

CMS stands for

• complete mouth restorative series.

• complete mouth series.

• complete mouth restorative service.

• complete mouth service.

The CMS is defined as a series of intraoral dental images that shows all the

• dentulous tooth-bearing areas of the upper and lower jaws.

• edentulous tooth-bearing areas of the upper and lower jaws.

• dentulous or edentulous tooth-bearing areas of the upper and lower jaws.

• dentulous tooth-bearing areas of the upper and lower jaws that can be verified clinically.

How many dental images would you take for a CMS on your edentulous patient?

• 4

• 7

• 14

• 18

Periapical images must show the entire crowns and roots of the teeth being examined as well as ____ to ____ mm beyond the root apices.

• 0.1; 0.5

• 1.0; 2.0

• 2.0; 3.0

• 4.0; 5.0

You have been asked to take an intraoral dental image of your patient’s mandible. Which type of image would you take?

• Periapical

• Bite-wing

• Occlusal

• Lateral jaw

Your new adult patient has no clinical sign of disease and no restorations. Which of the following images should you take?

• Periapical images

• Bite-wing images

• CMS

• Occlusal images