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Radiation safety in dental radiography
dental radiography SeriesRadiation safety indental radiographyThe goal of dental radiography is to obtain diagnosticinformation while keeping the exposure to the patient anddental staff at minimum some exposure to Radiation is acceptable in medicalpractice, it should be understood that levels of radiationexposure to patients, dental staff, and other nearbyoccupants should be kept to As Low As ReasonablyAchievable ( alara ) to reduce health risks from methods that can reduce patient and area radiationexposures without major difficulty, great expense orinconvenience, should be practiced. Practitioners mustalways consider the risk of patient exposure with the benefitof guidelinesOne way to do this is with the use of radiographic patient selection for the prescription of dental radiographshave been developed by an expert panel of dentistssponsored by the public health free brochure is available from Carestream Health,Inc. (see last page for ordering information) publication N-80A Guidelines for prescribing dental radiographs.
exposures As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA). This means that even if exposures are acceptable, if there is a reasonable way to reduce the exposure even further, those controls should be utilized. While there are many components to an effective radiation safety program, there are consistently three basic principals to minimize radiation ...
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