Contents: Radiation basics: Radiation history -- Radiation physics - Radiation characteristics -- Radiation biology -- Radiation protection -- Equipment, film and processing basics: Dental X-Ray equipment -- Dental X-Ray film -- Dental X-Ray Image characteristics -- Film processing -- Quality assurance -- Radiographer and technique basics: Dental images and the dental radiographer -- Patient relations and the dental radiographer -- Patient education and the dental radiographer -- Legal issues and the dental radiographer -- Infection control and the dental radiographer -- Introduction to dental imaging examinations -- Paralleling technique -- Technique basics: Bisecting technique -- Bite-wing technique -- Exposure and technique errors -- Occlusal and localization techniques -- Panoramic imaging -- Extraoral imaging -- Imaging of patients with special needs -- Digital imaging basics and normal anatomy basics: normal anatomy: intraoral images -- Film mounting, normal anatomy, and intepretation basics: Film mounting and viewing -- Normal anatomy: panoramic images -- Introduction to interpretation -- Descriptive terminology -- Interpretation basics: Interpretation basics -- Introduction to the radiology clinic: Use of ionizing radiation -- Equipment used in the radiology clinic -- Infection control procedures in the radiology clinic -- Quality assurance -- Teaching experiences with DXTTR -- Bisecting technique -- Bite-wing technique with tabs: exposures, mounting and critique -- Competency examination: bisecting technique and bite-wing with tabs mounting and critique -- Paralleling technique -- Competency examination: paralleling technique: periapical and bite-wing mounting and critique -- Occlusal technique -- Peer patient exercises: Practice with peer patients -- Paralleling technique: peer patient complete mouth series -- Peer patient exercises: panoramic technique -- Competency examination: peer patient panoramic technique --