title: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.--General; dental radiographs. Final recommendations.
abstract: The agency is issuing a recommendation that insurance carriers and other remote parties refrain from requiring administrative dental x-ray examinations. Administrative dental x-ray examinations are those required by a remote third party (other than a patient's dentist or physician) for reasons not related to the patient's immediate dental needs. These dental x-ray examinations may result in unnecessary radiation exposure to the patient. This recommendation is a part of the agency's effort to minimize unnecessary exposure of the public to ionizing radiation.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States