During my dental training, I was taught intraoral radiography using only rectangular collimation. Once out of the dental school in 1993, I realized that not many practices used rectangular collimators. Often-heard reasons for not using a rectangular collimator are cone-cutting errors and the fact that it is easier to aim with a circular collimator. Later, during my training as a dental and maxi...

At present, the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology have guidelines for the dental environment that include quality assurance and control of film-based radiography. Approximately 19%-30% of US dental offices currently use some form of digital intraoral radiography, and growth is expected to continue. It is anticipated that new tools and guideline...

1Assistant Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, 2Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India, 3Head and Professor, Oral Medicine and Radiology, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Raji...

Sneha Chandra1, M Parvathi Devi2, Apoorva Gupta1, S V Ravindra3 1Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College, Bagadpur, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College, Bagadpur, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiolo...

Asha R Iyengar1, Seema Patil2, R Shriyanka3, B V Subash2 1Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D A P M RV Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, D A P M RV Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 3Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Bangalore Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital...

The microbiologic contamination can occur in all the steps of an intraoral conventional or digital radiographic examination, unless some measures to avoid the cross-infection are applied. Scientific articles have shown that during the radiograph taking procedure, there is contact with the patient’s oral fluids (saliva and blood) and, consequently, the contamination of the film or digital sensor...

1Prashant Gupta, 1Shantala R Naik, 2Sangamesh NC, 3Astha Durgvanshi, 3Nupur Agarwal 1Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Chhattisgarh Dental College and Research Institute Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India 2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and ...

Hima John1, S Padmashree2, Rema Jayalekshmy3 1Post-graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Science and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2Professor & Head, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Science and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 3Professor, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Vyde...

Atul Anand Bajoria1, M L Asha2, Medha Babshet3, Preeti Patil3, Piyush Sukhija1 1Post-graduate, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India, 2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Hasanamba Dental College and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India, 3Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Rad...