New recommendations from the American Dental Association confirm that dental imaging should only be ordered when clinically necessary to minimize both patients’ and dental professionals’ exposure to radiation.
Published jointly Jan. 5 in the January issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association and online ahead of print in the journal Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, these are the ADA’s first recommendations on patient selection for radiographic exams in more than a decade and the first to address both planar dental radiography and cone-beam computed tomography.
Source: New ADA recommendations confirm dental imaging most effectively used in moderation / ADA News