Seeing is believing. Our patients have been hearing us describe issues with their teeth for years. We give them a hand mirror and expect they will become experts in peering onto the reflection of our small mouth mirror, while describing a crack, marginal defect, or tissue changes. They mostly listen, sometimes nod, but more often than not, they just glaze over our recommendations.
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Dental X-Ray And Brain Tumor Link: Recent Study And ADA Response
A study recently published in the journal Cancer reports an increased risk of a common brain tumor when patients are exposed to certain kinds of dental x-rays. According to the researchers, the tumors—intracranial meningiomas that form in the tissues that line the brain—have been linked to bitewing images.
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Date: 04/10/2012 04:32pm
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Understanding X-Ray Dosimetry (Part I)
This is Part I of a three part series on dental and orthodontic x-rays. It is an excerpt from a 2010 lecture given by Dr. Sean K. Carlson at the North East Society of Orthodontists meeting in Montreal, Canada 2010. It covers some basics of x-ray dosimetry as they relate to common dental and orthodontic diagnostic procedures. It also covers the current recommendations by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). To ensure patient protection, the risks associated with dental x-rays should be minimized by all practitioners. This Podcast describes the risk relationships between everyday background radiation exposure, radiation exposure of common events like air travel, and radiation exposure from dental and orthodontic x-ray imaging (including 3-D CBCT x-rays). Viewers will be relieved to learn that radiation exposure in the dental office is minimal when compared with the common things we do everyday.
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Ultradent - Episode 53
Dr. Mary Verardi
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Dr. Mary Verardi discusses the "digital and paperless" office and the patient discovery process.
