Chapter 19: Bite-Wing Technique

Chapter 19: Bite-Wing Technique

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. (1) The bite-wing tab is a heavy paperboard tab or loop fitted around a periapical film or sensor and used to stabilize the receptor during exposure. (2) The periapical receptor is oriented in the bite loop so that the tab portion extends from the white side (tube side) of the film or sensor.

ANS:  A

The bite-wing tab is a heavy paperboard tab or loop fitted around a periapical receptor and used to stabilize the receptor during exposure. The periapical receptor is oriented in the bite loop so that the tab portion extends from the white side (tube side) of the film or sensor.

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2. _______ sizes of bite-wing receptors are available.

ANS:  B

Three sizes of bite-wing receptors are available.

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3. You have a 4-year-old boy in your chair, which size receptor will you need to use to take bite-wing images on him?

ANS:  A

Size 0 bite-wing receptor is used to examine the posterior teeth of children with primary dentition. Size 1 receptor is used for anterior periapical images on adults. Size 2 is used to examine the posterior teeth in older children and adults and may be placed horizontally or vertically. Size 3 is longer and narrower than the standard size 2 receptor and is used only for bite-wing exposures.

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4. Which size bite-wing receptor may be placed in a horizontal or vertical position?

ANS:  C

Size 2 bite-wing receptor may be placed in a horizontal or vertical position.

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5. Your 35-year-old patient has clinical attachment loss in the posterior teeth. What type of bite-wing images should you take, and what size receptor should you use?

ANS:  D

When vertical posterior bite-wing exposures are indicated, size 2 receptor is placed with the long portion of the receptor in a vertical direction.

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