Professor & Head,Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology,

Professor, Department of Prosthodontics & Crown & Bridge, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, DPU, India.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Dental College & Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, DPU, India.
Panoramic radiographs ,Processing errors ,

The objective of this study was to examine all the panoramic radiographs taken in the period of 3 months and to find out the faulty radiographs. The common errors and their percentages were calculated. A list of measures to prevent the errors was made. The number of faulty radiographs in each category of error was calculated. The faulty radiographs were classified in the descending order of occurrence along with the percentage. Out of 300 panoramic radiographs assessed, 188 were categorized into the errors caused by processing faults. The percentage was 62.66%. Out of the fifteen types of errors assessed, the most common were the errors related to the processing problems. They include streaking on the films, surface marks, film discolorations etc.

4 , 9 , 2014