PURPOSE Technological advances in intra-oral receptors have resulted in film-holding devices that may or may not be interchangeable with photostimulable phosphor receptors. This study evaluated the number and types of technique errors that occurred when using PSP receptors with a standard film-holding device and a dual PSP/film-designed device. METHODS The Rinn XCP-ORA® (Standard) and the Rin...

Objective: Oral hygiene must start at a young age. Childhood is the perfect time to start the conversion of knowledge into creative thinking and subsequent health care activity. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of oral hygiene instruction via an educational film for oral health promotion of elementary students. Methods: In this experimental, interventional, before and after study, data ...

W ith the increasing acceptance of dental implants, there is a greater need for the dental profession to ensure the recipient site for an implant is adequate. The presence or absence of an anatomical limitation should always be confirmed beyond a reasonable doubt. Conventional two-dimensional radiographs (PAs, or panoramic films) 1 have limitations as diagnostic tools because they don't convey ...

PURPOSE The objectives of this study were to survey the radiographic exposure parameters, to measure the patient doses for intraoral dental radiography nationwide, and thus to establish the diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in intraoral dental X-ray examination in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred two intraoral dental radiographic machines from all regions of South Korea were selected...

Contact X-ray microradiography is the current gold standard for measuring mineral densities of partially demineralized tooth specimens. The X-ray sensitive film specified in the last J Res NIST publication on the subject is no longer commercially available. OBJECTIVES: Develop a new microradiographic method by identifying a commercially available film with greater than 3000 lines per millimeter...

conclusions the relationship between cac found on dental panoramic radiographs and two cva risk factors--hypertension and mi-- was significant. therefore, it seems that detection of cac on panoramic images of dental patients must be considered by dentists. results among 200 studied samples, 22 of the patients (11%) had carotid artery calcification on the dental panoramic radiograph. in total, 5...

The University of New England includes more than a dozen health or health related programs within its colleges of Health Professions, Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Arts and Sciences, School of Public Health, and a soon to be founded College of Dental Medicine. For more than a decade, the Westbrook College of Health Professions has integrated interprofessional education into its programs. Earl...