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Title: Administratively required dental radiographs: radiation recommendation series. Final report

Abstract

This publication is part of the continuing Radiation Recommendation Series published by the Bureau of Radiological Health. This Series was established to provide physicians, medical physicists, technologists, and others involved in the radiological process with guidance on appropriate radiological health principles in the medical radiation area. Administrative requirements for radiographs are found in many segments of the United States health care system. Such requirements are not intrinsically bad. If the resulting x-ray examinations provide a net public health benefit, they are certainly justified. However, where such examinations do not benefit the care and management of the patient, the requirements should be reviewed to determine whether they can be eliminated. This document presents an FDA radiation recommendation on administratively required dental x-ray examinations. In general such examinations are not requested to further the patient's dental health, but rather as a means of monitoring claims. However, the administrative use of radiographs that have been taken in the normal course of patient care is usually appropriate, as long as the patient's right to privacy is respected.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Bureau of Radiological Health, Rockville, MD (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5500639
Report Number(s):
PB-82-117581
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; REGULATIONS; DENTISTRY; PATIENTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; DIAGNOSIS; NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOMMENDATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; 560151* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Man; 550602 - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

Citation Formats

. Administratively required dental radiographs: radiation recommendation series. Final report. United States: N. p., 1981. Web.
. Administratively required dental radiographs: radiation recommendation series. Final report. United States.
. 1981. "Administratively required dental radiographs: radiation recommendation series. Final report". United States.
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