Showing posts with label Radiotherapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Radiotherapy. Show all posts

Radiography: Effects of Radiation on Oral Tissues

Dentists often encounter cancer patients, who are to undergo radiotherapy or have received it in the recent past. Besides cancer therapy, these patients need dental treatment for different ailments. Therefore, it becomes paramount important for a dentist to know the effects of large doses of ionizing radiation on oral mucosa.

In this section, we shall talk about the effects of radiation on oral tissues.

Radiography: Radiation Safety

In earlier articles on radiography, you studied the effects of ionizing radiation on biological tissues. These effects can be divided into two types- Deterministic and Stochastic. Therefore, the radiation safety becomes of paramount importance white taking a radiograph.