Chance of taking orthopantomography and/or dental full mouth technique at the first visit examination are rapidly increasing for the development of systemic dental treatment. Threfore the accurate evaluation should be done of the radiation dose of both radiographic techniques.
The purpose of present study is to examine and evaluate skin dose and depth dose distributions for them comparatively in maxillofacial region and some adjacent organs. The phantom which we used was Alderson's Rando Phantom. TLD (Mg
2SiO
4: Tb, Ceramic) was used for the measurement of radiation dose, and Kodack Type M film and TLD: Tbwere used for the depth dose distributions in head and neck region.
The results from present study were as follows.
1) The skin dose resulting from dental full mouth technique with fourteen films were recorded generally higher value than of orthopantomography. Especially maximum dose value was presented in premolar region (Fig.3 and Tab.2).
2) The dose in several organs were also recorded generally higher value in dental full mouth technique than of orthopantomography except the obtained data from in thyroid grand and in posterior aera of tongue corresponding to rotating center of orthopantomography (Tab.3).
3) According the dose distribution curve in occlusal plane level, there exist higher dose distribution areas corresponding to rotating centers of orthopantomographic movement than of dental full mouth technique.
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