The status of Spain's dental practice following the European Union directive concerning radiological installations: 11 years on (1996–2007)

Abstract

There has been a gradual improvement in dental radiology practices; however, the incorporation of digital systems has not resulted in all the benefits hoped for, and mistakes are frequent. Besides the physical parameters that have been established, anatomical and clinical image quality criteria should be established to convince dentists of the real benefits of incorporating quality guarantee procedures in their practices.

Insights into the state of radiation protection among a subpopulation of Indian dental practitioners

“…Various researchers5,9,11-13,18-20,22-25 have reported similar findings. Low scores in the practice domain of the present study may be attributed to the respondents' lack of knowledge of radiation hazards and protection measures.…”

“…Although the study subjects had positive attitudes, their mean practice score was 5.80 (±3.19) on a scale of 0 to 15, indicating a lack of adherence to radiation protection guidelines. Various researchers 5 , 9 , 11 - 13 , 18 - 20 , 22 - 25 have reported similar findings. Low scores in the practice domain of the present study may be attributed to the respondents' lack of knowledge of radiation hazards and protection measures.…”

Effectiveness of Policies on Reducing Exposure to Ionizing Radiation From Medical Imaging: A Systematic Review

“…Ten studies from four intervention categories reported data that could be transformed to percent dose reduction: multipronged: Antypas 2011 [13], Fetterly 2012 [14], Rehani 2012 [15], and Zhang 2012 [16]; policy and structural: Lipoti 2008 [17] and Alcaraz 2010 [18]; dose-feedback system: Miglioretti 2014 [19] and Wilson 2014 [20]; and provision of training: Stein 2010 [21] and Frederick-Dyer 2013 [22] (Figure 2). In general, multipronged programs had a higher range for dose reduction [22% (FSD, Fetterly 2012) [14] to 74% (DAP, Zhang 2012)], followed by policy/structural interventions [37% (Alcaraz 2010) [18] to 50% (Lipoti 2008)] [17]. However, all studies in these two intervention categories used single-arm pre-post design to assess the effect of interventions, except for, Lipoti 2008 (time series).…”

A questionnaire study to derive information on the working environment, clinical training, use of ancillary staff and optimization of patient radiation dose within UK dental practice

“…2003). However, in Spain, a study (Alcaraz et al. 2010) reported that the long cone was found routinely on 90.7% of intraoral dental equipment within clinical practice.…”