NDAEB 5.4 Radiation Safety Part 6

Contact with tube housing should be avoided because?

Dental assistant who becomes pregnant should?

When exposing a full-mouth set of radiographs?

Personnel using X-ray equipment should be familiar with the radiography recommendations of which organization?

When properly used, X-ray equipment does NOT?

How much should exposure time be reduced for an edentulous patient?

Radiation can cause?

An elderly patient has been prescribed two bitewing X-rays and two periapicals. A 12 year old is given the same X-ray prescription, we might expect the older individual to be?

A lead apron may be damaged if not properly stored. What are signs of damage?

Which of the following is one of several measures used to protect the patient and the technician from ionizing x-radiation?

The ADA discourages the use of short, closed, pointed plastic cones because?

Which item on a patient\’s health history might present a radiation caution?

All of the following factors affect patient exposure to radiation. However, which factor can the dental radiograph operator manipulate to minimize radiation dose while capturing images?

MPD stands for?

An example of an unnecessary health risk dental operators can take with radiography is?

The operator must take into account patient criteria when monitoring occupational exposure. Reduced patient exposure will also affect the operator, in which setting might the operator be exposed to lower levels of radiation. When X-raying?

Patient shielding equipment should be inspected at least

Under the quality assurance program, which of the following does NOT need to be checked each year with regard to radiography equipment?

Noncollimated X-ray beams

Operators should

One rem is equivalent to how many Sievert (the SI unit for dose equivalent)?

If a patient is having a panoramic radiograph done

What is the minimal skin to source distance recommended for dental radiographs?

What is one way to cause unnecessary radiation exposure to the patient?

Which of the following is the least safe kilovoltage for radiography?

To protect themselves, operators should not only wear protection, but also

The film badge meter is meant to be used how many times?

A protective booth is one method of shielding the operator from scatter radiation. With this device, the radiation must do what to reach the technician?

Long term effects of radiation can cause all of the following, except?

An example of a non stochastic effect of dental radiation is?