Planmeca Proline XC - Page 37

Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic X-ray 33
PANORAMIC EXPOSURE
User's manual
Touch either of the height adjusting arrows to adjust
the height of the vertical carriage until the chin rest is
slightly higher than the patient’s chin. By positioning
the chin rest slightly higher than the patient’s chin the
patient will be encouraged to stretch up to reach the
chin rest. This will help to stretch and straighten the
patient’s cervical vertebrae.
Ask the patient to step forward, grasp the patient
handles, stretch up and place their chin on the chin
rest. Slide the bite piece up or down until the patient is
able to bite it. The incisal edges of the maxillary and
mandibular teeth must be in the groove in the bite
piece.
When you are using the chin support, position the
patient so that the chin, just below the lower lip,
touches the top bar of the chin support.
Touch the temple support field to close the temple
supports.
Stand behind the patient and make sure that the
patient’s shoulders are level and the neck muscles
relaxed.
Touch either of the Layer arrows to switch the three
patient positioning lights on. Note that the lights will
automatically switch off after 25 seconds if you do not
use these arrows to adjust the position of the patient
positioning mechanism. If the lights go out before you
have positioned the patient touch either arrow a
second time to switch the lights on again.
Biting position with
the chin rest
Patient position with
the chin support
Bite piece
Focal trough
light
Midsagittal
plane light
Frankfort plane light