Open AccessAre children’s dental panoramic tomographs and lateral cephalometric radiographs sufficiently optimized?
Author(s) -
Elmira Pakbaznejad Esmaeili,
Marja Ekholm,
Jari Haukka,
Marjut Evälahti,
Janna WaltimoSirén
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of orthodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.252
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2210
pISSN - 0141-5387
DOI - 10.1093/ejo/cjv076
Subject(s) - radiography , medicine , orthodontics , dentistry , maxilla , radiology
Children are especially vulnerable to harmful effects of ionizing radiation. Cutting down the dimensions of the X-ray beam is the most effective way to reduce the patient dose. We evaluated the appropriateness of field-size in the most frequent radiographs, dental panoramic tomographs (DPTs) and lateral cephalometric radiographs (LCRs) among 7- to 12-year-olds.
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