Background: The damaging radiations exposure can causes harm to body cells and DNA. It also leads to shortening of life expectancy. Many Dental techniques and equipment made to lower the radiation dose for staff and patients. Objective: In this study the knowledge, attitude and practice based questions were asked to analyze the awareness level of house officers regarding oral radiology. Study design: It is a questionnaire-based study conducted for the duration of the six months from Feb 2022 to July 2022. Material and Methods: The study comprised of 105 house officers that were practicing dentistry after completion of their degrees. They were fully aware of the objective of the study. They were practicing in institutes like Liaqat College of medicine and dentistry, Fatima Jinnah dental College and Bahria university medical and dental College. Results: All the subjects had taken the radiographs and 38 subjects reported about using both conventional and digital method during practice. The average age of the subjects was 25 years. There were 32 subjects that prefer using conventional method and among them 27 reported that they had only one equipment that’s why they have to use it.
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