A quality assurance program in dental radiographic units in western Greece

Stavrianou, Kallirroi; Pappous, George; Pallikarakis, N.

doi:10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.08.033

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“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] If postgraduate education were mandatory, it may have an impact on the GDPs' attitude towards radiation protection and it may result in better quality radiographs. [9][10][11] However, this has been the case in Belgium for 10 years; but, the results do not indicate that there has been an improvement. The 5 year accreditation cycle includes at least 1.5 h of postgraduate education in dental radiography and radiation protection for every dentist.…”

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“…Age was not considered an important question in this study, as the age of a dentist does not always reflect that person's knowledge of dental radiology. [10][11][12][13] Furthermore, it is known that not every young dentist starts with new equipment and, vice versa, that not every ''older'' dentist is working with old equipment. Therefore, the age of the intraoral radiographic equipment was considered more important and more relevant as a question.…”

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Flemish general dental practitioners' knowledge of dental radiology

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Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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The aim of this study was to assess general dental practitioners' knowledge of dental radiography and radiation protection in order to alert the Belgian authorities and dental professional societies. Prior to attending a postgraduate course on intraoral radiology, general dental practitioners in Flanders, Belgium, were asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding the radiological equipment and the techniques they used for intraoral radiography. The availability and type of dental panoramic equipment were also assessed. A total of 374 questionnaires were available for this study. 15% of the attendants used radiographic equipment that was more than 27 years old and 43% reported equipment that operated with a clockwork timer. 32% and 75% respectively had no idea what the kV or mA settings were on their intraoral equipment. 5% were unaware which cone geometry or geometric technique (paralleling or bisecting angle technique) they were using. 81% claimed to be using a short cone technique. 47% did not know what collimation meant, whereas 40% stated that they were using circular collimation. 38% used digital intraoral image detectors (63% were photostimulable storage phosphorplate (PSPP)), but 16% were not sure about the type of sensor they were using (PSPP or solid-state sensors). 61% also had dental panoramic equipment available, 25% of which was digital (10% charge coupled device (CCD) and 15% PSPP). These results clearly indicate the need for continued education on this subject. The latter is an important signal to Belgian authorities and dental professional societies.

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Flemish general dental practitioners' knowledge of dental radiology

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Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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“…In 2003, Tugnait et al 25 reported that rectangular collimation was not widely used in England and Wales. In 2005, Stavrianou 26 reported that in Greece only 29% of the dentists nationally used a rectangular collimation system. This figure was somewhat lower than the 36% found in a single county, Orebro, in Sweden.…”

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