NDAEB 5.4 Radiation Safety Part 1

The reason dosimeters should not be worn away from the dental clinic is?

If all precautions and guidelines are followed, the technician should never receive what?

A good practice, even in small practices, is that operators do all of the following except for?

The maximum permissible level of radiation (per year) for pregnant dental workers is?

A thyroid collar is recommended for which patient?

Pre-natal radiation exposure is the exposure of?

A 21-year-old patient with a dental disease has been informed that radiation is the major contributor to her illness. What type of infectious agent is radiation considered?

The maximum permissible level of radiation per year for nonpregnant dental workers is?

What type of employee will most likely use a direct reading dosimeter in their line of work?

The radiation used to expose panoramic films when using screens is minimized because?

If a patient feels uncomfortable about the radiation during an x-ray, they should?

Collimators reduce the amount of?

Which of the following is a barrier meant to protect the patient?

What are the uses of film barriers?

An example of a stochastic effect of dental radiation is?

If a patient has been exposed to radiation, the long term effects may not show up for?

A radiation contingency or emergency plan should contain all of the following information except for?

The tube housing to an x-ray machine breaks while an operator is moving the tube. A patient was not present in the x-ray room. Since the equipment is old, radiation exposure is a concern. The dental operator was not wearing a dosimeter so the appropriate course of action would be?

The thermoluminescent dosimeter is designed to be used how many times?

Record keeping has proven that operators who follow proper safety precautions?

A young female patient indicates she is breastfeeding. For this patient, dental x-rays?

Children are more sensitive to radiation than adults because?

Which of the following safety measures applies to dental personnel?

Personal protective equipment, such as lead aprons, are said to reduce at least ______ of radiation exposure in employees.

Radiation exposure in the dental office compared to everyday life is?

Which of the following is not a method of reducing radiation exposure?

Dental assistants can effectively reduce the amount of radiation their patients receive by?

Why is intercepting radiation by providing wall shields so necessary in dental clinics? Because

While the patient is being exposed for an x-ray of the right molars, the radiographer stands six feet away to avoid what?

All of the following are reasons front office staff should be positioned away from radiography equipment except for?

If a dental patient comes in to the office that has had radiation treatment for either neck or head cancer, dental x-ray’s can be performed

Intensifying screens are used to?