PARALLEL LINE ANGLE TECHNIQUE

PARALLEL LINE ANGLE TECHNIQUE

🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

🔹Parallel line angle technique is also called Fitzgerald technique, long cone technique and extended cone technique.

🔹The central ray of the X-ray beam should be perpendicular to the film and the long axis of the tooth. The film should be placed in the mouth parallel to the long axis of the tooth being exposed.

🔹Film can be held with Rinn XCP (X, extension; C, cone; P, paralleling), precision film holders, stable bite-blocks and hemostat with bite-block.

🔹Film should be placed