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Federal and state radiology regulations include which of the following?  

In a well-designed and well-monitored dental office, the occupational dose should be _______.  

Reticulation causes the processed film to have a wrinkled appearance. Identify the cause for reticulation:  

Sterilization or disinfection of dental x-ray film packets is considered to be which of the following:  

Which of the following chemicals is the activator in the developer solution?

What theory of radiation damage to cells results from free radicals combining to form toxins such as hydrogen peroxide?  

As a general rule, film packets should never be held in the patient’s mouth during an exposure. However, special circumstances, like an uncooperative child, may warrant the clinician holding the film in the patient’s mouth during the exposure.  

If the silver halide crystals in the film emulsion are energized, silver precipitates to give a _______ appearance on an image.  

A digital image is composed of structurally ordered areas called:

If a radiograph is described as “underpenetrated,” then the error must be: