Authorization to purchase, store, use or dispose of an x-ray machine must be obtained from the Radiation Safety Committee or the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Certain instrumentation, machines, and ...

However, national guidance in other countries recommends personal monitoring for all dental practices using X-ray equipment. Where regulations do not require individual personnel monitoring, it may be ...

There have actually been a few updates to dental X-ray best practices that might come as a shock to those of us who have recently been in that surprisingly comfy chair. In February, the ADA ...

Cost was the No. 1 reason they delayed dental care. Some patients might be ... An annual bitewing X-ray is fine for many patients, but those who rarely get cavities can go 18 months or longer.

Portable X-ray machines "can literally be the difference between life and death", says radiographer Sam Pilkington. For most of us, if we need to be X-rayed the procedure is done in a hospital.

Sheila Feit, a retired MD, weighs in on the X-ray discussion by addressing the overuse of dental radiography. She cites data showing 320 million dental imaging procedures were performed in the U.S ...

AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, a human augmentation and physics researcher at Harvard, respectively, have published a paper that details how the project to build real x-ray specs has led them ...

SEN. Rafael "Raffy" Tulfo questioned previous Bureau of Customs (BoC) acquisitions of low-quality mobile X-ray equipment from China with "overpriced" maintenance costs. During the plenary ...

Post offices across the island had been told to stop accepting outbound mail owing to the issue with an X-ray machine. A government spokeswoman said yesterday: “An issue with the screening of ...

Garcia was arrested in May after complaints he was sexually assaulting young patients in the X-ray room. He was back in court Wednesday. Kidiatric Dental Company specializes in pediatric dental ...

The most effective way to reduce dose in dental ... for each X-ray examination should be optimized so that it is As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) and consistent with producing the required ...