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Radiography, Radiation Protection, Radiology and Much More in 60 Minutes!
2 hours verifiable CPD
Tuesday 9 August 2011, 20:00-21:45
Dr J Makdissi DDS MMedSci DDR RCR
Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry and Barts and the London NHS Trust
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£50+VAT (£60 inc)
Single purchase
60 days access
Now available as an interactive recording:
- 1 hour presentation
- 12 quiz questions
- Discussion forum
Ideal if you missed the live event or just want to see it again (and again)!
Catch up
with the discussions in the forum, ask questions and learn from each other
Your time on the forums is recorded so you can use this for additional CPD!
Comments from participants
What they liked...
"Marvellous presenter and well presented information"
"Now I have used The Dental Channel,I will encourage my team to use it.,"
"Absolute clarity of slides and polls"
"Simple to comprehend, interactive, kept a dry subject alive"
And some of the things that they learnt...
"Relative doses to discuss with patients"
"Updated and refreshed my knowledge of radiology"
"Justification for OPG"
"Dose delivered to a patient and relevant comparative examples to use when communicating this to the patient"
"Regulations"
"Potential benefits of CT scans"
"Importance of QA recordings"
"Pregnancy and radiation"
Aim
The aim of this talk is to provide a comprehensive insight into radiation dose and the factors affecting doses in dentistry. This talk will also cover the risks of ionising radiation and the principles of radiation protection with emphasis on quality assurance and the statutory requirements. Radiography selection criteria guidelines are covered.
This presentation will provide participants with an overview of two dimensional (2D) imaging including digital radiography and introduces the three dimensional (3D) Cone Beam CT scanning.
Objectives
- How are 2D films / digital images and 3D digital images created;
- The equipment involved and the radiation doses delivered;
- Practical aspects of dose reduction and dental radiography;
- Quality assurance programme implementation;
- Consider the new bodies that can act as proxy-decision makers;
- Current guidance in relation to the clinical use of dental radiography equipment.
Outcomes
At the end of the webinar, participants will have learned:
- practical aspects of dose reduction;
- the implementation of quality assurance programme in dental practice;
- the rules and regulations governing dental radiology in the UK;
- the principles of radiation protection;
- the use of 2D and 3D digital images in dental care.
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