Table Of Contents - Planmeca ProMax User Manual

Table of contents

1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Switching X-ray unit on............................................................................................................................... 2
3 Main parts................................................................................................................................................... 3
3.1 General view of cephalostat............................................................................................................. 3
3.2 Patient supports................................................................................................................................4
3.3 Patient positioning controls...............................................................................................................4
3.4 Emergency stop button.....................................................................................................................6
4 Preparations for exposure.......................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Preparing X-ray unit..........................................................................................................................7
4.1.1 Attaching cephalometric patient supports............................................................................ 7
4.1.2 Removing 2D or 3D patient supports................................................................................... 9
4.2 Additional preparations on X-ray units with Dimax sensor............................................................. 10
4.2.1 Removing sensor from C-arm............................................................................................ 10
4.2.2 Attaching Dimax sensor to cephalostat.............................................................................. 13
4.3 Additional preparations on 3D X-ray units...................................................................................... 15
4.4 Preparing Planmeca Romexis........................................................................................................ 15
4.5 Preparing patient............................................................................................................................ 16
5 Cephalometric exposure...........................................................................................................................17
5.1 Selecting program.......................................................................................................................... 17
5.2 Selecting patient size......................................................................................................................17
5.3 Patient positioning in lateral projection........................................................................................... 18
5.4 Patient positioning in posteroanterior or anteroposterior projection............................................... 21
5.5 Patient positioning in submental-vertex projection......................................................................... 25
5.6 Patient positioning in Waters' view................................................................................................. 26
5.7 Patient positioning in AP Towne projection.................................................................................... 27
5.8 Patient positioning in oblique projection......................................................................................... 28
5.9 Positioning in hand exposure......................................................................................................... 30
5.10 Adjusting exposure values for current exposure............................................................................ 31
5.11 Selecting Dynamic Exposure Control (DEC).................................................................................. 32
5.12 Adjusting DEC density....................................................................................................................33
5.13 Taking an exposure........................................................................................................................ 33
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