title: Radiographic examination of comprehensive care patients in U.S. and Canadian dental schools.
abstract: Between 1977 and 1987, there was a shift in the radiographic prescribing practices for the dentulous adult comprehensive care patient in U.S. and Canadian dental schools. The number of schools ordering films on the basis of selection criteria or patient need increased from 1 to 13, while the number of schools ordering both an intraoral full-mouth series and a panoramic radiograph decreased from 30 to 13. However, in 1987, there were still 56 schools that expressed a preference for a particular standard examination. In the current study, the panoramic radiograph (with and without supplemental periapical views) was the most frequently stated preferred examination for the edentulous adult patient, and the panoramic and bitewing examination was the most frequently stated preferred examination for the child patient.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kantor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003190:Comprehensive Dental Care; D003817:Dentition; D006801:Humans; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012575:Schools, Dental; D014481:United States