Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry

INTRODUCTION: With the advent of newer radiographic diagnostic procedures of the maxillofacial region, there is a drastic increase in the use of Ionizing radiation which further leads to increased chance of radiation hazards among the patients and the health care workers. In addition to the diagnost...

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Autores principales: Singh, Gundeep, Sood, Amit, Kaur, Ambreen, Gupta, Deepak
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30369984
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901814010742
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Sood, Amit
Kaur, Ambreen
Gupta, Deepak
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description INTRODUCTION: With the advent of newer radiographic diagnostic procedures of the maxillofacial region, there is a drastic increase in the use of Ionizing radiation which further leads to increased chance of radiation hazards among the patients and the health care workers. In addition to the diagnostic information extracted, the radiation exposure carries the potential to induce carcinogenesis in the exposed individual. However, the amount of Radiation exposure in dentistry is significantly low but it is still harmful owing to the requirement of repeated radiographic examination during the dental treatment. Therefore, to ensure minimum and inevitable exposure during dental treatment, it is necessary to follow principles of radiation protection and safety. RECOMMENDATIONS: Several studies in the literature have revealed that the attitude and knowledge of the dental professionals regarding radiation safety is not up to the mark. Henceforth, there is a necessity of implementing certain basic guidelines regarding radiation safety and protection. Further state dental councils must advocate new and interesting methods of education regarding the same and should introduce strict rules and penalties for this spectrum of field. CONCLUSION: This present short commentary is to familiarize the dental practitioner regarding the methods to minimize the risk of the radiation hazards. Further this article will also educate the dental practitioners regarding the pathogenesis of Radiation effects during Radiation therapy of head and neck region along with pertinent management protocols.
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spelling pubmed-61829122018-10-26 Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry Singh, Gundeep Sood, Amit Kaur, Ambreen Gupta, Deepak Open Dent J Dentistry INTRODUCTION: With the advent of newer radiographic diagnostic procedures of the maxillofacial region, there is a drastic increase in the use of Ionizing radiation which further leads to increased chance of radiation hazards among the patients and the health care workers. In addition to the diagnostic information extracted, the radiation exposure carries the potential to induce carcinogenesis in the exposed individual. However, the amount of Radiation exposure in dentistry is significantly low but it is still harmful owing to the requirement of repeated radiographic examination during the dental treatment. Therefore, to ensure minimum and inevitable exposure during dental treatment, it is necessary to follow principles of radiation protection and safety. RECOMMENDATIONS: Several studies in the literature have revealed that the attitude and knowledge of the dental professionals regarding radiation safety is not up to the mark. Henceforth, there is a necessity of implementing certain basic guidelines regarding radiation safety and protection. Further state dental councils must advocate new and interesting methods of education regarding the same and should introduce strict rules and penalties for this spectrum of field. CONCLUSION: This present short commentary is to familiarize the dental practitioner regarding the methods to minimize the risk of the radiation hazards. Further this article will also educate the dental practitioners regarding the pathogenesis of Radiation effects during Radiation therapy of head and neck region along with pertinent management protocols. Bentham Open 2018-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6182912/ /pubmed/30369984 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901814010742 Text en © 2018 Singh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Singh, Gundeep
Sood, Amit
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Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry
title Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry
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title_fullStr Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry
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title_short Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management of Radiation Hazards in Dentistry
title_sort pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of radiation hazards in dentistry
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30369984
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901814010742
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