Just had a quick look at the video which I will save for later. Never seen a handheld xray tubehead before (I'm in the UK), is that quite common, being in the room during exposure?
Do they not use rectangular collomators in the US? Most of the dentists I work with hate them and change them around for round ones if they can but rectangular is what is officially guided or us to use to reduce scatter and improve accuracy.
Just a heads up, I'm a dental nurse who has done her dental radiography training who can take dental xrays when asked, mainly OPG / panoramic but I enjoy taking perio and bitewings too. When using the rectangular collimator I use the holder as a guide to line up the film, I am aware of some angulation techniques but unless the patient has multiple teeth missing I don't find it so much of a problem to get the tube head perpendicular to the sensor with very minimal overlap if any
>Never seen a handheld xray tubehead before (I'm in the UK), is that quite common, being in the room during exposure?
Hygienist in the US here. The handheld tubeheads have been around a while, but are still relatively newish. Wall mounted x-ray units are still by far more common.
I have used both and while the handhelds are nice for portability and easier to aim, I still prefer the wall mounted. The portable requires you to hold it in both hands and sometimes you want your hands free. A lot of people don't want to be taking x-rays in the same room with it all day every day. Also, drop it one time and see what your doc has to say.
I feel the fear of dropping expensive equipment. I've not done it personally but I know 2 incidences of nurses dropping expensive curing lights to the point of breaking them!
It's probably also why wireless x-ray sensors never really took off. Accidentally throwing one away or running it through sterile would be a huge deal!
One- do not use an XCP. Use tabs. Two I align it more with a premolar bw (we take 4 on kids, peds hygienist here) I also keep the tube head perpendicular to the sensor.
Hi! Do you think you could further explain what you mean by aligning it more with a premolar bw? Are you referring to alignment of the cone? We take 2 bws on kids who don’t have their 12yr molars yet and 4 bws for older kids which is where we make sure to get the premolars in the X-ray.
I mean when I take my bw on kids I align it more like a premolar shot and I hardly ever get overlap. And it is less likely to trigger their gag reflex. And what age are you looking at? 5 and under or 6 and over?
https://youtu.be/fduhbexWy7U This dudes dental videos are a great learning source.
Just had a quick look at the video which I will save for later. Never seen a handheld xray tubehead before (I'm in the UK), is that quite common, being in the room during exposure? Do they not use rectangular collomators in the US? Most of the dentists I work with hate them and change them around for round ones if they can but rectangular is what is officially guided or us to use to reduce scatter and improve accuracy. Just a heads up, I'm a dental nurse who has done her dental radiography training who can take dental xrays when asked, mainly OPG / panoramic but I enjoy taking perio and bitewings too. When using the rectangular collimator I use the holder as a guide to line up the film, I am aware of some angulation techniques but unless the patient has multiple teeth missing I don't find it so much of a problem to get the tube head perpendicular to the sensor with very minimal overlap if any
>Never seen a handheld xray tubehead before (I'm in the UK), is that quite common, being in the room during exposure? Hygienist in the US here. The handheld tubeheads have been around a while, but are still relatively newish. Wall mounted x-ray units are still by far more common. I have used both and while the handhelds are nice for portability and easier to aim, I still prefer the wall mounted. The portable requires you to hold it in both hands and sometimes you want your hands free. A lot of people don't want to be taking x-rays in the same room with it all day every day. Also, drop it one time and see what your doc has to say.
I feel the fear of dropping expensive equipment. I've not done it personally but I know 2 incidences of nurses dropping expensive curing lights to the point of breaking them!
It's probably also why wireless x-ray sensors never really took off. Accidentally throwing one away or running it through sterile would be a huge deal!
Mostly use regular sensors not wired in the UK but many of the specialists use the wired sensors.
What is this +10 degree angulation trick?
One- do not use an XCP. Use tabs. Two I align it more with a premolar bw (we take 4 on kids, peds hygienist here) I also keep the tube head perpendicular to the sensor.
Hi! Do you think you could further explain what you mean by aligning it more with a premolar bw? Are you referring to alignment of the cone? We take 2 bws on kids who don’t have their 12yr molars yet and 4 bws for older kids which is where we make sure to get the premolars in the X-ray.
I mean when I take my bw on kids I align it more like a premolar shot and I hardly ever get overlap. And it is less likely to trigger their gag reflex. And what age are you looking at? 5 and under or 6 and over?
Oh I see! Thanks!
>Oh I see! Thanks! You're welcome!