Radiography And Radiation Protection: An Update

This talk will provide an update on the risks associated with ionising radiation, looking at the doses of dental radiographs and CBCT, and comparing these doses to the doses from common medical imaging procedure and other sources of radiation in our environment. Practical tips will be provided on how to optimise doses to patients. An update will also be provided on the IRMER 2017 and IRR 2017 legislation, with a focus on the latest, second edition “Guidance Notes for Dental Practitioners on the Safe Use of X-ray Equipment.”

Learning objectives

• To understand the risks associated with ionising radiation
• To have knowledge of the doses from dental radiographs and CBCT
• To have knowledge of the legislation relevant to the use of ionising radiation in the dental setting and the most up to date guidelines

This talk satisfies the GDC’s learning outcomes:

C – Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice

D – Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession and put patients’ interests first

Lee Feinberg, Consultant Dental and Maxillofacial Radiologist

Biography

Lee Feinberg is specialist in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology and works as a Consultant Dental and Maxillofacial Radiologist at Kings College Hospital, London and at the Eastman Dental Hospital, University College London Hospitals. He is currently the Honorary Secretary of the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology and sits on the council of the British Society of Head and Neck Imaging.

He completed his specialist training in Liverpool being trained by both Dental and Maxillofacial and ENT/Head and Neck Radiologists. He has clinical experience reporting Radiographs, CBCT, CT and MRI examinations. He performs specialist salivary gland imaging, diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound-guided biopsies of the head and neck region.

Lee is passionate about education and holds a formal qualification in learning and teaching in higher education. He lectures regularly to postgraduate dental professionals. He has recently also taken up an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer role at Kings College London where he will be leading the undergraduate BDS teaching in Dental Radiology.