8:30 - Registration

9:00 - 10:00 - I. Film Processing and handling

A. Film, cassettes, Rare Earth systems
B. Darkroom, Safelights, Duplicators, ID Printers
C. Processor settings, chemistry, proper maintenance

II. Intra-oral Radiography
A. Proper Bisecting angle, Paralleling techniques
B. Film holders
C. Techniques for vertical bitewings, etc.

10:00 -10:15 - Break

10:15 -12:00 - III. Panoramic radiography

A. Theory, patient positioning, common errors in positioning
B. Ghost images vs. anatomy
C. Techniques for horizontal and vertical distortion reduction
D. Radiographic interpretation, checklist

IV. Radiovisiography, Direct Digital
A. Fact vs. Fiction
B. Intra-oral, Extra-oral Applications
C. Scanners, monitors, printer settings

V. Cephalometric radiography

A. Theory, equipment
B. Patient positioning, positional influences, soft tissue, airway
C. Positional influences, symmetry vs. asymmetry

12:00-1:15 - Lunch

1:15 - 3:00 - VI. Dental Implant Radiology

A. Objectives, limitations
B. Implant Imaging Protocol
C. Template designs, ball bearings vs. pins
D. Presurgical assessment with Panoramics, Tomography

3:00 - 3:15 - Break

3:15 - 5:00 - VII. Extra-oral Radiography

A. Lateral Cervical Spines, Transcranials, PA Townes, PA Skull, SMV
1. Principles, equipment, patient positioning, positional influences
2. Radiographic checklist, interpretation, tracing analyses

VIII. Introduction and indications for Tomography, MR and CAT exams
A. Software management programs

IX. Current Radiation practices, lead shielding requirements, dosages