Dental Radiography

Class Number: DENTAL 10508103-3 - Dental Radiography
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-508-103 DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS...prepares dental auxiliary students to operate x-ray units and expose bitewing, periapical, extra oral, and occlusal radiographs. Emphasis is placed on protection against x-ray hazards. Students also process, mount, and evaluate radiographs for diagnostic value. In this course students demonstrate competency on a manikin. In addition, students expose bitewing radiographs on a peer, role-play patient. (Prerequisite: 10-508-101, Dent Health Safety; Corequisite: For DH Program Students only: 10-508-102, Oral Anat & Hist)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Illustrate how dental imaging technology has progressed since its first use to the ways in which it is used in providing dental health care today
  2. Explain how the process of exposing dental images works
  3. Apply principles of radiation safety to patient and operator
  4. Operate the x-ray equipment
  5. Select the image receptor for an image
  6. Produce images of diagnostic quality
  7. Manage patients during the imaging process
  8. Use proper infection control procedures while producing images
  9. Expose bitewing images
  10. Expose periapicals using the paralleling technique
  11. Expose periapicals and occlusals using the bisecting angle technique
  12. Illustrate how extraoral images integrate with the use of intraoral images in dentistry
  13. Mount images using anatomical landmarks
  14. Evaluate images for diagnostic value
  15. Interpret dental imaging findings

Class Details

Class Number:
DENTAL 10508103-3 - Dental Radiography
Location:
NWTC Green Bay
Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
2026 Fall

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
8/21/2026 - 12/11/2026 Friday
8:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Green Bay Campus Room HS220
8/17/2026 - 12/7/2026 Monday
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Green Bay Campus Room HS222

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