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OPERATOR'S MANUAL
EN
5.4.4. PAN, DENT AND SIN EXAMINATIONS
1) Adjust the unit height in or
der to facilitate the patient’s access, using the
keys to move the column upward or downward. The telescopic column
will move slowly at first, then it will speed up. Adjust the height until the
bite lock is slightly over the patient’s occlusal plane. This
will induce the
patient to stretch himself/herself to reach the bite, stretching and
straightening his/her neck.
2) Make sure that the bite block is laterally rotated so as to leave space for the patient. Fit the disposable infection
control sheath of the bite.
3) Guide the patient toward the unit so that he/she is before the bite block and can grab the wide handles. Operator
and patient will face one another. Ask the patient to rest his/her chin on the chin rest support.
4) Ask the patient to take a step forward, holding the grip on the handles,
until he/she reaches the position shown in the figure.
5) Adjust the height of the bite and rotate it inside the mouth, asking the
patient to bite it as shown in the figure. The tip of upper and lower
incisors must be in the bite groove. The interproximal space of incisors
must be in the bite midline.
6) The correct positioning of the bite block is facilitated by the upward and
downward sliding movement of the relevant support pillar.
Tighten the specific knob to lock the bite in the correct position.
If a BITEWINGS examination is being performed, it is
NECESSARY TO ADJUST THE BITE HEIGHT in a specific
point. It is recommended to remove the chin rest.
Then adjust the bite vertical position in the point where an
acoustic feedback (“clack”) and a tactile feedback (slight
resistance to the bite vertical sliding) are perceived. Once this
position has been reached, lock the bite as described in para.
5.4.2., rotating the lever in the locking position
.