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Storage Phosphor Plates: How Durable are they as a Digital Dental Radiographic System?
- “With repeated use of SSP’s the quality of the image is reduced due to the appearance of scratches on the plates.” *
- Plate usage may be limited to 50 times. *
* A. Bedard, T. Davis, Storage Phosphor Plates: How Durable are they as a Digital Dental Radiographic System? U. Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry. 2003