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bitewing

[′bīt‚wiŋ]
(medicine)
A dental x-ray film having a central wing on which the teeth can close to hold it in place.
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"Dutch Dentists' Decisions to Take Bitewing Radiographs." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 16: 368-73.
Practice characteristics associated with patient-specific receipt of dental diagnostic radiographs
Horizontal angulation errors appear on bitewing radiographs as:
Dental radiography: an overview
False positive False negative results odds ratio results odds ratio Visual inspection 0.55 (0.05 to 5.91) 1.42 (0.51 to 3.95) Laser fluorescence device 0.83 (0.09 to 7.66) 1.94 (0.59 to 6.42) Bitewing radiographs * 0.95 (0.27 to 3.35) * Analysis not performed due to absence of false positive results obtained with radiographic method in surfaces with initial spacing.
The influence of interdental spacing on the detection of proximal caries lesions in primary teeth
It also refers to the ability to use this one device to perform all three functions of taking anterior periapical, posterior periapical and bitewing radiographs. This article describes the clinical techniques of assembling the XCP-ORA device and of positioning it intra-orally for taking dental radiographs.
Assembly and clinical use of XCP-ORA: a three-function dental X-ray film positioning device for taking anterior and posterior periapical and bitewing intraoral radiographs
Use of bitewing radiographs or fiber-optic trans-illumination have been shown to be inefficient for the diagnosis of occlusal caries.
Investigation into use of Digital Imaging Fiber-Optic Trans-illumination (DIFOTI[R]) in caries detection
Bitewing radiographs taken in 1990 by another dentist indicate that single surface restorative fillings had been placed in three permanent molars.
Update: investigations of persons treated by HIV-infected health-care workers - United States
Periapical and bitewing radiographs both had similar retake rates: 5.6% and 6.9%, respectively.
Re-exposure rates of digital intraoral images taken by undergraduate dental hygiene students
The patient's general dental practitioner sent an orthopantomogram (OPG) radiograph (Figure 4) and we have taken bitewing radiographs for caries assessment and diagnosis.
Regional Odontodysplasia with Generalised Enamel Defect
Laser Fluorescence pen has also shown better reproducibility for caries in primary and permanent teeth and higher accuracy in detecting approximal caries lesions than bitewing radiographs in primary and permanent teeth.24,25
METHODS FOR CARIES DETECTION: AN OVERVIEW
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