4-34. MAXILLARY POSTERIOR OCCLUSAL
Place the film packet in the mouth on the side to be radiographed with its long
axis parallel to the median plane. Adjust the tube to a vertical angulation of +60
degrees. Direct the central ray to pass through the ala of the nose and apical region of
the cuspid and first bicuspid to the plane of the film packet (see figure 4-32).
Figure 4-32. Maxillary posterior occlusal view technique.
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