 ADA/FDA Guide to Patient Selection for Dental
Radiographs
The dental profession is committed to delivering
the highest quality of care to each of
its individual patients and applying
advancements in technology and science to continually improve
the oral health status of the U.S. population. The ADA in collaboration
with the FDA developed these guidelines to serve as an adjunct
to the dentist's professional judgment of how to best use diagnostic
imaging for each patient. Radiographs can help the dental practitioner
evaluate and definitively diagnose many oral diseases
and conditions. However, the dentist
must weigh the benefits of taking dental radiographs against
the risk of exposing a patient to x-rays, the effects of which
accumulate from multiple sources over time. The dentist, knowing
the patient's health history and vulnerability to oral disease,
is in the best position to make this judgment in the interest
of each patient. For this reason, these guidelines are intended
to serve as a resource for the practitioner and are not intended
to be a standard of care, requirements or regulations.
- The Selection of Patients
for Dental Radiographic Examinations
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- Guidelines for Prescribing
Dental Radiographs Chart | PDF
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