Claims
- 1. A template for positioning small format dental radiographs on the platen of a flatbed scanner, said template comprising;a thin rectangular member of opaque material, said member having a plurality of rectangular apertures sized to receive small format dental radiographs having at least one dimple which points outwardly towards the viewer when observed properly; and indicia associated with each aperture located so that said indicia is aligned with a dimple on a received small format dental radiograph when said radiograph is properly placed within said aperture.
- 2. The template of claim 1 wherein said template is adapted to receive small format dental radiographs having a dimple at a corner of said radiograph and wherein said indicia is located at a corner of an aperture which aligns with the dimple of a radiograph properly placed within said aperture.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This continuation-in-part application claims the benefit under 35 USC § 120 of the earlier filing date in the United States of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/085,566, filed May 27, 1998, which claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/059,346, filed Sep. 19, 1997.
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