Dental Artifacts

Artifact- Conecut
Cause- Horizontal Angulation off
Solution- Line up PID parallel to xray-film

Artifact- elongated
Cause- too little vertical angulation
Correction- increase vertical angulation

Artifact- foreshortened
Cause- too much vertical angulation
Correction- decrease vertical angulation

Artifact- herringbone pattern
Cause- backwards placement of dental film intraorally
Correction- place dental film with correct side towards PID (white side for traditional film, black side for digital plates)

Artifact- fingernail bend
Cause- fingernail pressed too hard against film
Correction- handle film using sides and with care