Diagnostic dental radiographs: A concise how-to

Mary Berg, RVT, RLATG, VTS (Dentistry), demonstrates her preferred method of obtaining these images.

[egds]

In thirteen minutes, this is the best x ray class I ever attended. Thank you Mary.

[gwengraham]

This was indescribably helpful!! I got a perfect full mouth today in record time after watching this.

[Heidyhohoho]

Thank you, Mary. Unfortunately for me. we have our animals in lateral position and this makes it very confusing for me to shoot at the correct angle. We also have a faucet in the way which adds to my frustration. So, because an animal is on it's left side for example, the xray tube comes from the other direction. I don't know why we do that.(it is one of those: this is how we've always done it things) Hence, I struggle with 'diagnostic' images.

[classyvdub]

Thank you Mary! What a wonderful tool this video is! 🐾

[LisaWilhelm-kh]

Hands down the best explanation I've ever seen. Thank you!

[vetken]

Very well done! Do you have any vids using a handheld x-ray generator?

[christophergentile]

Great description and demo. I will put into practice all that I saw. Do you do workshops in jersey. I'd sign up in a second...Best wishes...Chris.

[randypribbernow]

Fantastic video, definitely the best thing I have seen on dental xray!

[imixmuan]

DVM with thirty years in the field, ten as a tech and twenty as a vet or vet student. Best dental xray instruction I've ever seen and lordy, I've seen a few. I shot on film to start and boy it was easier than the digital ones. This will help my techs a lot.

[sophieca]

Do regular vets have x rays like this? Or only vet dentists? I like my regular vet a lot, but I wonder if my regular vet has this type of x ray and also can diagnose the problems like vet dentists do. There is one dentist here, but it takes an hour to get there and they charge a lot (e.g., extraction per minute $340. I have no idea what that "per minute" means...) and lots of different charges under different names...plus she is not even certified as a dentist even though she works at a dentist office.