title: [Radiation exposure of the dentist].
abstract: The radiation dosis per person undergoing dental treatment measured at the trunk is rather considerable, though not alarming. However, the number of people whose hands has been exposed to radiation as well as the individual extent of exposure were unexpectedly high. The radiation dosis measured at the hands was about 100 times bigger than the radiation dosis determined at the trunk for the whole body. Although these results may be very impressive, it should be borne in mind that the data on which the investigation was based date from 1967/68 and may no longer be fully applicable to the present situation. Whether and to what extent this assumption is justified ought to found out by control studies regarding radiation dosis per person and Röpak programs which are presently being started and whose results will be discussed in this journal.
mesh_terms: D003815:Dentists; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006225:Hand / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011835:Radiation Protection
vernacular_title: Zur Strahlenexposition des Zahnarztes