Planmeca ProMax 3D S User Manual page 54

PREPARATIONS FOR EXPOSURE
Adjusting
knob
50 Planmeca ProMax 3D s / 3D
Adjustable
head support
NOTE Use temple pads on both sides (not on one side only).
Temple pads
for children
NOTE Be careful when you handle the straps. Do not let the
NOTE Do not overstretch the straps. The straps lose their
Then turn the adjusting knob to adjust the head support to
suit the size of the patient's head.
• You can use temple pads if you take exposures of
children or patients with a small head. Slide the temple
pads onto the adjustable head support as shown.
Ensure that you slide the temple pads as far up as they
will go.
• You can use fastening straps for additional head
support if needed. Attach one strap in front of the
forehead and two at the back of the head as shown.
straps hit the patient in the eye or face.
elasticity if you pull them more than 50 mm (1.9 in.).
Straps with a free length (i.e. when they are not
stretched) of over 255 mm (10 in.) do not support the
patient's head firmly.
User's Manual (3D)