A radiographic film becomes too dark and fogged, due to:
Correct Answer: Poor film storage
Description: FILM FOG
Improper safelighting (improper filter; excessive bulb wattage; inadequate distance between safelight and work surface; prolonged exposure to safelight)
Light leaks (cracked safelight filter; light from doors, vents, or other sources)
Overdevelopment
Contaminated solutions
Deteriorated film (stored at high temperature; stored at high humidity; exposed to radiation; outdated)
White and Pharoah's Oral Radiology Principles and Interpretation 8th edition
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