Oral Radiology I.

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Semester course; 1 lecture hour. 1 credit. Enrollment is restricted to students in the D.D.S. program. Oral and maxillofacial radiology is the specialized area of dentistry that deals with use of radiant energy for diagnosis of diseases and conditions affecting the head and neck. Through a series of lectures and laboratories, the course will introduce students to the basic physics of X-radiation, its biological effects on living systems, characteristics of radiographic images and fundamentals of intraoral and panoramic radiography in dentistry.