OBJECTIVES To demonstrate the feasibility of GafChromic(®) XR-QA2 (ISP Corp., Wayne, NJ) as a dosemeter when performing measurements of the effective dose from three cone beam CT (CBCT) units and to compare the doses from examinations of three common dental clinical situations. A second aim was to compare the radiation doses for three digital panoramic units with the doses for the CBCT units. ...

1 2 3 4 Shruthi Hegde , Praveen B.N. , Sumona Pal , Shishir Ram Shetty , 5 6 7 Vidya Ajila , Subhas Babu & Harini K. 1 , 3, 7 2 4,5 6 Lecturer, Professor, Reader, Professor & HOD, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Department of Periodontics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, 3 KLE Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka...

Anca Sava1, Gabriela Dumitrescu2, Doina Mihailã3, D. Paduraru1, Gabriela Dimitriu4, Danisia Haba5 University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr.T.Popa” Iasi Faculty of Medicine 1. Discipline of Anatomy and Embryology 5. Discipline of General and Dental Radiology Faculty of Dental Medicine Hospital “Prof. Dr. Nicolae Oblu” Iasi 2. Department of Pathology 4. Department of Ophtalmology 3. Hospital “Sfîn...

abstract background and aim: cone beam computed tomography (cbct) produces high-quality data in periodontal diagnosis and treatment planning. the aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of cbct with intraoral digital and conventional radiography in the measurement of periodontal bone defects.  methods and materials: in this diagnostic research, two hundred and eighteen artificial osseous ...

1 Private Practice, Turin, Italy. 2 LoB5 unit, Research Center for Biomineralization Disorders, School of Dentistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. Department of Stomatology, Oral Surgery, and Dental and MaxilloFacial Radiology, School of Dental Medecine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. *Corresponding author: David M. Dohan Ehrenfest, [email protected] Submitted May 15...

Dear Editor, There have been a rising trend in publishing dental science articles in medical journals. 1 Bibliometric and scientometric information regarding the trends in dental science articles in medical journals from India is evident in the literature. 1 More recently, the publication trends of oral pathology articles published in a pathology journal from Iran were reported. 2 This study ai...

This report consolidates previous recommendations and adds new ones for infection control in dental settings. Recommendations are provided regarding 1) educating and protecting dental health-care personnel; 2) preventing transmission of bloodborne pathogens; 3) hand hygiene; 4) personal protective equipment; 5) contact dermatitis and latex hypersensitivity; 6) sterilization and disinfection of ...

a Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan b Department of Nephrology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan c Department of Pathology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan d Department of Diagnostic Radiolog...

Introduction: Dental caries is the most common chronic condition in children. Recently, there has been a growing tendency to using digital panoramic radiography among clinicians. The present study aimed to determine the accuracy of digital panoramic radiography with and without software enhancement in the diagnosis of proximal dental caries in primary molars. Methods: This study was conducted u...