Pediatric cleft palate patients show a 3- to 5-fold increase in cumulative radiation exposure from dental radiology compared with an age- and gender-matched population: a retrospective cohort study

Pediatric cleft palate patients show a 3- to 5-fold increase in cumulative radiation exposure from dental radiology compared with an age- and gender-matched population: a retrospective cohort study

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare estimates of pediatric cumulative exposure and lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of radiation-induced cancer from dental radiology between cleft palate (CP) subjects and age- and gender-matched controls (non-CP), with and without orthodontic treatm...

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Main Authors: De Cock, C. (Author), Dula, K. (Author), Jacobs, R. (Author), Pauwels, R. (Author), Politis, C. (Author), Scarfe, W.C (Author), Verdonck, A. (Author), Willems, G. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2018
Subjects:
cephalometry
Cephalometry
child
Child
cleft palate
Cleft palate
Cleft Palate
comparative study
cone beam computed tomography
Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
diagnostic imaging
female
Female
human
Humans
male
Male
Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
orthodontics
Orthodontics, Corrective
panoramic radiography
Pediatric dentistry
Radiation dosimetry
radiation exposure
Radiation Exposure
radiation induced neoplasm
Radiation protection
Radiation-induced cancer
Radiography, Dental
Radiography, Panoramic
Retrospective Studies
retrospective study
risk
Risk
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
tooth radiography
x-ray computed tomography
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