As additional information becomes available about the adverse effects of radiation, it is most important that we review current practices in the use of radiographs for diagnosis. It should be remembered that the radiograph is only a diagnostic aid and rarely can a definitive diagnosis can be made with this tool. Routine dental radiographs are often taken as a screening procedure m frequently th...

Although it is generally taken for granted that dental education must include both basic science and feature-based knowledge components, little is known about their relative roles in visual interpretation of radiographs. The objectives of this study were twofold. First, we sought to compare the educational efficacy of three learning strategies in diagnostic radiology: one that used basic scient...

This cross-sectional study evaluated the relationship between primary and secondary oral health care in Brazil. For this purpose, data from the National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care were used. Dentists from 12,403 oral health teams (OHTs) answered a structured questionnaire in 2012. The data were analyzed descriptively and by cluster analysis. Of the 12,387 (99.9%) O...

1 Assistant Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Department of General Dentistry, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, NE, 2 Chief, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Department of Dental Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 3 Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of General Dentistry, Creighton ...