[Radiation protection and quality assurance in dental radiography. A treatise from the European Community].

In general, the doses appearing during the dental examinations are relatively small, but as dental radiodiagnostics represents almost 25% of the entire radiological examinations in the European Union, some particular attention is to be paid to this kind of examination in terms of radiation protection. Article 2 of the "patients directive" stipulates that dentists are to show some skills in the field of radiation protection. In addition they need to have enjoyed a proper training, aimed at the application of techniques in the field of dental radiodiagnostics. In order to make it easier for the Member States to execute this article, the commission has decided to draw up this text, containing some clear and understandable information on the proper use of radiological equipment and film development techniques, as well as on measures for radiation protection during dental radiodiagnostics, which will be to the benefit of both the patient and the personnel. The text is drawn up on the basis of the most recent technological concepts in this field.