TOP Quality Medical Dental X-Ray Viewer 17" x 14"

hi everyone my name is whitney and i'm a dental hygienist if you're new here welcome if you've been here before welcome back today let's talk about how to understand your dental x-rays i've already made a general dental terminology video explaining different jargon dental providers use when describing your teeth clinically and after making that video i've had lots of requests to make this video specifically explaining dental x-ray terminology so let's jump right in here are some words to recognize when listening to your dental professionals talk about x-rays radiolucent or radiolucency this means dark regarding the black and white contrast scale of an x-ray so some structures will appear radiolucent or dark and that is a hundred percent normal and how it should look it is just a word we use to describe if a certain area is dark or light an example of something that is 100 normal when it