What is the corrective action for a panoramic image that can mimic caries of the anterior teeth?
a. Have the patient raise his or her tongue to the palate during exposure.
b. Readjust the patient's head in an upward direction.
c. Have the patient close his or her lips on the bite block.
d. Readjust the patient's head in a downward direction.
c. Closing the lips together around the bite block will avoid recording an image of the lip line across the anterior teeth. Open lips will create an image that can mimic caries of the anterior teeth.
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