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Sirona Dental Systems GmbH Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph General Notes Dear Customer Thank you for purchasing your new Sirona X-ray unit ® ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph for tele-radiography. For this unit we have provided you with a set of techni-...
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH List of Contents Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph List of Contents Technical Description ....................Technical Data..........................Operating Controls and Displays ................Unit ..............................Multitimer ............................Operating Controls and Scales on Cephalometer ................Accessories ......................... Accessories for Cephalometer......................
Corea 10" x 8" Diaphragm must fit to cassette. ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph has been inspected by the VDE Testing and Certification Institute for compli- ance with EN 60601-1, EN 60601-2-28 and EN 60601-1-3 and has been found to comply with these regulations.
2 Operating Controls and Displays Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 2.1 Unit Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Operating Controls and Displays Unit Main switch Patient positioning mirror Head holder with adjusting knob for temple supports Cassette holder with carriage Diaphragm Diaphragm wheel with locking button Height adjustment buttons Additional function: key ↑...
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 2 Operating Controls and Displays Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 2.2 Multitimer Multitimer Unit ON” LED Radiation present indicator Exposure key Digital display for exposure program/ exposure time with – + buttons for exposure II.3 programs. Exposure time for tele-radiography Digital display for kV/mA paired values with –...
2 Operating Controls and Displays Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 2.3 Operating Controls and Scales on Cephalometer Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Operating Controls and Scales on Cephalometer 20 Retention screw for nose support 21 Swivel lock 22 Cassette holder 23 Cassette stops...
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 3 Accessories Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 3.1 Accessories for Cephalometer Accessories Accessories for Cephalometer Protective caps U for ear olives can be sterilized. *. Sterilize only in an autoclave at 135°C, 2.1bar (275°F, 29.8PSI). Ear olive holders W may be disinfected with petroleum ether.
4 Operation Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4.1 Preparing the Tele-Exposure Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Operation Preparing the Tele-Exposure Loading the Film Cassette Treat film cassette and intensifying screens with care to avoid scratching screen or denting the cassette housing.
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Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4 Operation Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 4.1 Preparing the Tele-Exposure Preparing the Cephalometer Nose rest Hold at the top front, pull out up to stop and swing away to the side. Cassette holder Front cassette stop A = asymmetric, for lateral projections.
4 Operation Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4.2 Positioning the Patient for Tele-Exposures Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Positioning the Patient for Tele-Exposures • Have the patient remove all metallic objects, such as glasses and jewelry, from the head and neck regions.
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Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4 Operation Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 4.2 Positioning the Patient for Tele-Exposures Scale (26) now gives a reading. • Use adjustment wheel A to set same value on • soft-tissue filter of tele-radiograph diaphragm No.3 •120...
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4 Operation Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4.2 Positioning the Patient for Tele-Exposures Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph • Slide film cassette into cassette holder up to lateral 18cm x 24cm 18cm x 24cm cassette stop, locks facing cassette holder, not pati-...
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 4 Operation Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 4.3 Releasing the Tele-Exposure Releasing the Tele-Exposure ATTENTION i i i Observe radiation protection guide lines. The exposure is released by pressing down the exposure key. The X-ray indicator is illuminated for the duration of the 0.64...
5 Programming the Tele-Exposure Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 5.1 Programming Procedure Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Programming the Tele-Exposure Programming Procedure The four patient symbol keys are preprogrammed with kV/mA and s values. The keys can be freely programmed with other values.
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 6 Program Values – Tele-Radiography Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Program Values – Tele-Radiography a.p. and p.a. Exposures Encrease kV/mA/s-values for a.p. and p.a. exposures by 2 steps. Radiography of Carpus Recommended value for radiography of carpus: 60kV/ 10mA/0,16s.
6 Program Values – Tele-Radiography Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 6.2 Program Values – Tele-Radiography USA Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph Program Values – Tele-Radiography USA Intensifying Screen Kodak Lanex Regular with film Kodak T-Mat G or Agfa Ortholux. The differences of density resultant from film and development tolerances may be compensated by changing the exposure data in one step up or down.
Sirona Dental Systems GmbH 6 Program Values – Tele-Radiography Operating Instructions ORTHOPHOS 3 Ceph 6.3 Program Values – Tele-Radiography Asia Program Values – Tele-Radiography Asia Intensifying Screen Kodak Lanex Regular with film Kodak T-Mat G or Agfa Ortholux. The differences of density resultant from film and development tolerances may be compensated by changing the exposure data in one step up or down.