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Student Project | Dentistry | India | Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024 | Popularity: 4.6 / 10
Conventional Intraoral Imaging Exposure Rates among Dental Students
Pallavi Gadre
Abstract: A guiding principle of radiation safety is ensuring that radiation dosage is as low as possible while yielding the necessary diagnostic information. The aim of this study was to compare the number of radiographs taken in ?film - based? general dental practices and to determine whether a greater or lesser number of radiographs was taken by conventional radiography and what the reasons were for any change in number. The primary objective of this study was therefore to examine the prevalence of and reasons for re - exposure of intraoral images taken by third - and fourth - year dental students in a dental school clinic. All exposures were kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). The total number of intraoral images taken by third - and fourth - year dental students, re - exposures, and error descriptions were extracted from patient clinical records for a four - month period. Out of a total of 9484 intra oral radiographs taken between July and October 2022, 1198 radiographs were repeated due to errors. The maximum number of repeated radiographs were Intra oral periapical radiographs, among those maximum number of patient re - exposures occurred due to cone cutting. Among bitewing radiographs, film misplacement was the most frequently repeating error. For occlusal radiograph, the most common artefact was improper vertical angulation. Errors in taking radiographs increase patient?s radiation exposure, and also waste time and money. Educational intervention can now be specifically designed to reduce the retake rate and radiation dose for future patients.
Keywords: radiation safety, conventional radiography, re - exposure rates, ALARA
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 10, October 2024
Pages: 754 - 756
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