bitewing

NOUN
  1. a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography

How To Use bitewing In A Sentence

  • The bitewing instruments are light and comfortable for the patient, versatile, and easy to use for dental personnel.
  • Bitewings are limited to four in a calendar year including any bitewings taken as part of a complete series as show in above.
  • Panoramic and posterior bitewing radiographs were made for 96 consecutive patients.
  • Visual comparison of antemortem and postmortem bitewing radiographs of children and adolescents were made by observers with a range of experience using an established protocol.
  • Say a soldier had a periapical or a bitewing done. Spider Bones
  • Ten observers assessed 84 surfaces on bitewing radiographs for their requirement of restorative treatment using a 6-rank confidence scale.
  • When bitewings are provided in conjunction with a panoramic film, all films are considered a complete intraoral series, and should be indicated as procedure 00210.
  • If the dentist suspects there are cavities within that one year, they can take the bitewings again.
  • The American public needs to see his posterior bitewings from 1973 and a current series of bitewings to better judge the authenticity of the information provided.
  • Though machines vary, the average set of bitewing X-rays adds only as much radiation as you'd get from about three extra weeks of natural background radiation.
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