title: Lonizing radiation regulations and the dental practitioner: 3. Quality assurance in dental radiography.
abstract: This is the last in a series of three articles on X-ray dose reduction and covers aspects of quality assurance. The first outlined radiation physics and protection and the second the legislation relating to radiation safety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quality assurance is an essential part of dental radiography and is required to produce images of a consistently high standard, necessary for accurate diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiography, Birmingham Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rout
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D019230:Dental Audit / Q000592:standards; D003797:Dental Staff / Q000193:education; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000592:standards; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014962:X-Ray Film; D014963:X-Ray Intensifying Screens