Whats wrong with conventional film radiography?
From a Dentomaxillofacial Radiography business viewpoint, disadvantages of analog film are: (1) the cost of consumables including film, and solutions; (2) the investment costs in processing equipment and darkroom space; (3) the manpower and time needed for processing and processor maintainance; (4) time and consumables are needed to mount and label film images; (5) spent processing chemicals being toxic to the environment can be costly to dispose of; and (6) duplicates take time to make and are always inferior to the original. Additional disadvantages of intra-oral film radiography are: (7) that processed film radiographs are rarely optimal in image quality when processed in private dental offices; (8) film is perceived by the patient to be sharp to the tissues; (9) film is easily bent during exposure resulting in a distorted image; and (10) due to low photon efficiency in the absence of a scintillation screen there can be a comparatively high radiation dose. By way of comparison digit
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