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Public Health England (PHE) and Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP(UK)) guidance notes for dental practitioners on the safe use of X-ray equipment 2020: an update for the dental team
Public Health England (PHE) and Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP(UK)) guidance notes for dental practitioners on the safe use of X-ray equipment 2020: an update for the dental team Mark Gribben Dental Update 2024 48:9, 707-709.
PHE and FGDP(UK) co-published Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment in 2020 to encompass all relevant information to safely use and maintain radiographic equipment by dental practitioners. This guidance supersedes the first edition, previously published in 2001 by the Department of Health, and there are a number of notable changes that should be highlighted to the dental team. The document is freely available and accessible on the FGDP(UK) website and should be an essential tool to ensure the safety of the dental team, patients and the public.
CPD/Clinical Relevance: Members of the dental team must acknowledge the updated guidance notes and look to incorporate these changes into their working routine to ensure good clinical practice.
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Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment was first published in 2001 by the Department of Health to summarize the UK regulations relating to the use of X-rays in dentistry.1 These regulations have since been updated through the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 (IRR17) and the Ionising Radiation (Medical exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER17)2,3 In response to these updates, Public Health England (PHE) and the Faculty of Dental Practitioners (UK) (FGDP(UK)) co-published a second edition of this guidance in 2020 (Figure 1).4 The document is freely available on the FGDP(UK) website and was produced through a working party of PHE, which included regulatory bodies, professional bodies representative of dentistry and radiation protection, consultant dental radiologists and general dental practitioners. It is important to highlight changes that will impact the dental team to ensure safety and optimize clinical practice.
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