Perschbacher Susanne E, Pharoah Michael J, Leake James L, Lam Ernest W N, Lee Linda
Department of Oral Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2010 Feb;109(2):e86-91. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.10.004.
To determine the types of practitioners who most commonly refer and the film type and diagnostic entities that are most frequently submitted for oral radiologic consultation in Ontario, Canada.
A total of 430 referral letters and responses from 2 Ontario oral radiologists from 2003 to 2005 were analyzed. Data collected included the specialty of the referring practitioner, the film type(s) submitted, the radiographic density of the entity of interest, and the interpretation by the radiologist.
General practitioners (58.9%) and oral surgeons (21.5%) were the most frequently referring practitioner types, representing 1.2% and 17.1% respectively of each group practicing in Ontario. Also, 18.2% of oral pathologists referred. Panoramic radiographs (79.5%) were included in referrals more often than intraoral radiographs (46.0%). Of the entities, 37.0% were radiopacities, 27.4% were radiolucencies, and 13.5% had mixed radiopaque-radiolucent density. The radiologists interpreted normal features (55.6%) most often.
Panoramic radiographs with normal findings were submitted to oral radiologists for consultation most frequently in Ontario.
确定在加拿大安大略省最常进行转诊的从业者类型，以及最常提交进行口腔放射学会诊的胶片类型和诊断实体。
对2003年至2005年来自安大略省的2名口腔放射科医生收到的总共430封转诊信及回复进行分析。收集的数据包括转诊从业者的专业、提交的胶片类型、感兴趣实体的射线密度以及放射科医生的解读。
全科医生（58.9%）和口腔外科医生（21.5%）是最常转诊的从业者类型，分别占安大略省各执业群体的1.2%和17.1%。此外，18.2%的口腔病理学家进行了转诊。转诊中全景片（79.5%）比口内片（46.0%）更常被纳入。在这些实体中，37.0%为不透光区，27.4%为透光区，13.5%具有不透光与透光混合密度。放射科医生最常解读为正常特征（55.6%）。
在安大略省，发现正常的全景片最常被提交给口腔放射科医生进行会诊。
