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Oral Radiology: An Expanding Technology in Search of a Direction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Hans-Göran Gröndahl
Hans-Göran Gröndahl
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University of Gothenburg
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Abstract

Oral radiology still seems to be expanding depending upon increasing availability of dental care. It is widely used more or less routinely, although investigations on efficacy, cost-benefit, and cost-effectiveness are sparse. Such studies should be encouraged and decision-making courses included in dental curricula. Decision-making aids and clinical algorithms should be developed to increase efficiency of oral radiology and to help in the abandonment of its routine use.

Type
Special Section: Assessing the Technology of Dentistry, Part II
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 610 - 620
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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