Re: Patient dose from dental radiography

["William G. Nabor" <wgnabor@uci.edu>]

May I assume that this is skin entrance dose to the jaw?  

In Message Wed, 12 Feb 97 13:44:38 -0600,
  julian.gibbs@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu writes:

>     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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