RADIOGRAPHY

At the beginning of term one, the Radiography course was not going so well as I was not succeeding. I found it very hard to grasp the physics and techniques of taking radiographs. What made me overcome this obstacle and excel in this course was the fact that the radiography lab had skills and a lot of availability for me to go in and practice. By attending skills regularly and receiving help had allowed me to obtain a better understanding of the concepts. Once I began to comprehend, I spent a lot of my time in the lab practicing. As I am a visual and kinesthetic learner, going to skills and practicing in the lab also led me to learn the theory of radiography.

 

Specific points that stood out from the Radiography course that I still remember today include: the bitewing technique, exposure and technique errors, film mounting and viewing, and normal anatomy found on intraoral images. I remember these points as these are the most common radiography concepts that I would use in the Niagara College Dental Clinic as well as dental offices I work at now. The majority of radiographs that I take on my clients in the Niagara College Dental Clinic were bitewings, where I would have to mount and view them on Dentrix after exposing them. When the dentist, Dr. Filice, would come over to do the DDS exam, he would always point to certain parts on the radiograph and asks me to identify them. These would range from exposure or technique errors that I made, or normal anatomy of the client. Also, some of these points were brought up in the Radiographic Interpretation course that I took in my second last term in the Dental Hygiene Program. I was able to apply my learning from the Radiography course to the other course as they relate. Due to this, it allowed me to succeed in the Radiographic Interpretation course as well!