End of week summary
Well done for completing week 3 of the Radiation Protection in Dental Practice course. During this week we have: Had a closer look at the safety features of each type …
Course: Dental Radiography: Radiation Protection in Dental Practice
Patient Dose and X-ray Equipment
IRMER17 requires the employer to establish a QA programme for X-ray equipment and for patient dose. This step will cover some of the key aspects that must be included. Equipment …
End of week summary
Congratulations on completing week 2 of the Radiation Protection in Dental Practice course. During this week we have: Begun to explore the regulations relevant to work with dental X-ray equipment, …
Welcome to week 5
Welcome to the final week of the Radiation Protection in Dental Practice course! Thank you for your participation in the course so far, we hope it has been educational and …
Optimisation and Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs)
Optimisation Optimisation means ensuring the dose delivered to the patient is the lowest necessary to get the desired radiographic information. IRMER17 places the responsibility for ensuring patient doses are optimised …
Radiation Protection Supervisor
In this video, Caroline discusses her role as the Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS) within her practice. She covers how she helps her colleagues comply with local guidelines on the use …
Contingency Plans For Radiation Exposure in Dental Radiography
Where a dental practice’s radiation risk assessment identifies that a reasonably foreseeable incident or accident could occur during the use of their dental X-ray equipment, regulation 13 of IRR17 requires …
Quantities and Units in Radiography
In this step, we will look at the different quantities and units used to measure radiation dose. Being able to measure the amount of radiation helps us to ensure that …
Local Rules in Dental Radiography
As discussed in the previous step, one of the requirements of IRR17 is that a controlled area should be designated while dental X-ray equipment is in a state of readiness …
X-ray Properties
X-rays are a form of radiation, and ‘radiation’ simply means the transmission of energy through space. As radiation passes through a material, or a person, some of this energy may …
Dose Assessment and Area Monitoring
Provided that all practicable steps to restrict radiation exposure have been taken, as described in week 3 of this course, it is likely that radiation doses received by dental practice …
Types of dental X-rays
Graham Ramsden introduces the main types of dental X-ray sets. The video covers the 4 most common X-ray sets found in dental practices: Intraoral, Panoramic, Cephalometric and Cone Beam Computed …
Health effects of radiation exposure
We will now investigate the health effects which can be caused by radiation exposure. The video starts looking at the first uses of X-ray sets and the initial disregard for …
Key features of ancillary equipment
Graham Ramsden covers key features of the ancillary equipment used in dental settings to capture and display radiographic images. This video explores both digital imaging systems and film processing and …
Welcome to week 4
Welcome to week 4 of the Radiation Protection in Dental Practice course. So far, you have learned about dental X-ray equipment, X-ray hazards, the measures taken to protect patients and …
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Dental Radiography: Radiation Protection in Dental Practice