Radiation Safety in Pediatric Dentistry
hosted byDentaltown, L.L.CRadiation Safety in Pediatric Dentistry is organized by Dentaltown, L.L.C.
Released: 11/25/2020
Review Date: 6/30/2022
Expiration Date: 6/30/2025
Description:
This course discusses one of the most critical and relevant aspects of the practice of dentistry: radiation safety. with Special emphasis on the young patient. This course provides an overview of the most important concepts in radiation physics and radiation biology to introduce the steps that every dental practice must implement in order to decrease radiation delivery to young patients. One of the most effective ways to decrease the amount of radiation to our patients is with the use of rectangular collimators. This course presents and discusses this concept in detail. The course also covers the term “background radiation” in days and how we can extrapolate this concept to explain to parents the amount of radiation from several intraoral and extraoral dental X-ray procedures.
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to achieve the following:
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to understand the importance of rectangular collimators in the context of radiation safety
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to describe the amount of radiation of a panoramic film as well as intraoral projection in terms of background radiation
- At the end of this program, participants will know the importance of the national campaign “Image Gently” and its applications in radiation safety for young patients.
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to relate critical concepts in radiation biology and physics with radiation safety.
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to assimilate the critical importance of having a clear justification before exposing the patient to ionizing radiation.