Sensitometric evaluation of four dental X-ray films using five processing solutions
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Published on: November 9, 2014
K Syriopoulos1, X L Velders, G C Sanderink
1Department of Oral Radiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands.
Objectives:
To compare the sensitometric properties of four dental films: Ektaspeed Plus and Ultra-speed (Kodak Eastman Co, Rochester, USA) and new and previous Dentus M2 (Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, Belgium) in five different processing solutions.
Methods:
Characteristic curves were constructed for four dental X-ray films using five different processing solutions. All films were processed manually in three sets of chemicals for manual processing: Agfa (Heraeus Kulzer, Dormagen, Germany), Kodak (Kodak-Pathé, Paris, France) and Demat (Viscopac, Athens, Greece) and two sets of chemicals for automatic processing: Dürr XR and Periomat (Dürr Dental, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany). Analysis of variance and regression analysis was performed to examine the factors significantly affecting film density.
Results:
The new Dentus M2 film had comparable gradient, higher speed and lower base-plus-fog than its predecessor. It had comparable speed with Ektaspeed Plus in chemicals for automatic processing. All films had a higher speed and lower gradient when processed in the chemicals for automatic processing. The highest film speed was achieved using Dürr XR chemicals.
Conclusions:
The new Agfa Dentus M2 film is an E-speed film and can be considered an alternative to Ektaspeed Plus: both can be recommended for use in dental practice as they contribute to dose reduction.
