title: [Quality of dental radiographs. A sample from 52 general practices].
abstract: To assess the quality of dental radiographs in general practice, 1000 radiographs in 52 practices were collected and evaluated. The radiographs were judged by two examiners using standard series of X-ray film, showing different degrees of the nine different types of errors studied. Furthermore, the diagnostic quality was assessed; if the diagnostic value was poor, the cause was registered. Only 3.1% of the investigated radiographs met all the criteria, and the quality of 13.4% was found to be poor. The main causes were filmpositioning, density and errors in the category 'residual'. It also appeared that a combination of errors in one radiograph, which were individually not very serious, resulted in an unacceptable radiograph.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mol
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hack
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Aken
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Straaten
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: van Foreest
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000592:standards*
vernacular_title: De kwaliteit van tandheelkundige röntgenopnamen. Een steekproef uit 52 praktijken.