Poor-quality radiographs make diagnosis difficult or sometimes impossible. Rather than try and formulate a diagnosis or treatment plan from a poor radiograph, a decision should be made at an early stage to assess whether the exposure needs to be repeated or not. Panoramic radiographs have a number of inherent faults due to the mechanism by which the image is created, they are also hugely reliant on the positioning of the patient.

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Leinster