Re: Patient dose from dental radiography

[julian.gibbs@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu]

     Current consensus estimates for effective dose (in some cases 
     effective dose equivalent) from dental radiography:
     
        Full-mouth intraoral (ca 20 films)      40 uSv
        Panoramic                               10 uSv
     
     These values assume state-of-the-art technology: fast screen/film, 
     full collimation and filtration, etc.
     
     For details see White SC, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology 21:118, 1992.

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