Chapter 10: Film Processing
Learning Objectives
At the end of this module chapter, you will be able to:
10.1
- Define the key terms associated with processing of dental x-ray film.
- Briefly describe how a latent image becomes a visible image.
- Discuss the advantages of automatic film processing.
- List and identify the component parts of the automatic film processor.
- Describe the mechanism of automatic film processing.
10.2
- List and discuss the four procedural steps for automatic film processing.
- Describe the care and maintenance of the automatic film processor and automatic processing solutions.
- List and discuss the five steps of manual film processing.
- List the four basic ingredients of the developer solution.
10.3
- Describe film processing problems that result from time and temperature errors.
- Describe film processing problems that result from chemical contamination errors.
- Describe film processing problems that result from film handling errors.
- Describe film processing problems that result from lighting errors.
