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CASE A
This 54-year-old female is undergoing orthodontic therapy in response to temporomandibular disorder (TMD). The maxillary orthodontic appliances were placed 18 months ago after an examination revealed various issues with malocclusion that were contributing to her chief complaint of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and "sore jaws." (See Figure 6-31.)
-The process by which x-ray energy removes an orbital electron from an atom to yield an ion pair is called:

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Atoms that have had orbital electrons removed become unstable ions. When radiation removes orbital electrons from the atoms, the result is ionization of the atom.

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