Guest editorial: The image gently in dentistry campaign: Partnering with parents to promote the responsible use of X-rays in pediatric dentistry

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 458-459

  Law, Clarice S ^a   Douglass, Joanna M ^b   Farman, Allan G ^c   White, Stuart C ^a   Zeller, Gregory G ^d   Lurie, Alan G ^b   Goske, Marilyn J ^e  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant in Maxillofacial Imaging Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTIST; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTISTS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL;

EID: 84949432402     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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