ABSTRACT

In dentistry, radiographs have an important role in diagnosis and treatment. It is important that students have to interpret and diagnose the radiographs. Radiovisiography (RVG) has replaced conventional radiography and the main reason for occurrence of faulty radiographs in them could be due to positioning errors. Hence this study aimed to determine the radiographic errors in radiovisiography. The study was done in Saveetha dental college and hospitals, Chennai, India. A convenient sampling was done. The study was conducted among third year and final year students. A total of 300 Intra Oral Periapical Radiographs were taken and were assessed for radiographic errors and statistical analysis was performed by Chi square analysis. From the study conducted, it was found that out of 300 IOPA, 170(57%) were without any radiographic errors whereas the remaining 130 (43%) had errors in it. The majority of radiographs were having cone cut (43.07%) followed by apex cut (17.6%) elongation (11.5%), overlapping (8.4%), artifacts (6.9%), crowncut (5.3%), foreshortening (3.8%) and blurring (3%). Final year students had less radiographic errors when compared to third year students. Students by mastering the techniques such as positioning of patient, X Ray tube head, RVG receptors can reduce faulty radiographs and thereby improving image quality. Keywords: Faulty radiographs, IOPA, positioning errors, radiovisiography, conecut
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1095