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What is the amount of radiation (Skin and as well as gonadal) received by a patient being exposed to a single intra oral periapical radiograph?

April 26, 2017gonadal Intra oral patient periapical radiation received skin

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What is the amount of radiation (Skin and as well as gonadal) received by a patient being exposed to a single intra oral periapical radiograph?

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Skin radiation dose varies widely depending upon technique, cone length, collimation of beam, kilovolt peak (kvp), milliamp-seconds (mas), and choice of x-ray film emulsion. Further muddying the waters is the introduction of digitized x-ray transducers and a new faster film emulsion in the past few months. The latest study we have seen (conducted in Greece in 1998) puts the skin exposure between 0.6 and 3.6 milliGrays (60-360 milliRADs) per periapical (e-speed) film. Gonadal dose is considered insignificant, due to the compulsory use of x-ray shielding lead aprons.