Case study You have to expose a panoramic radiograph on the following patients today. Each of these patients presents with a characteristic that will make positioning the patient for the procedure...

Case study

You have to expose a panoramic radiograph on the following patients today. Each of these patients presents with a characteristic that will make positioning the patient for the procedure achallenge. Carefully review each of the patient descriptions and answer the following questions:

1. What patient positioning step do you anticipate having a problem with?

2. What error is most likely to occur?

3. What will the image look like?

4. How can you prevent this error from occurring or minimize the result on the image?

5. Write out the specific steps you plan to take to produce a diagnostic quality image.