Avaliação do conhecimento dos cirurgiões-dentistas sobre a prática radiográfica

Abstract

The radiographic examination is one of the most requested complementary exams in clinical dental practice. Despite the great relevance, this exam is sometimes not requested, or is performed in a wrong way, which may be a consequence of the dentist's lack of knowledge about radiological practice and new technologies. With this in mind, the work aims to survey the radiographic knowledge of the dentist about the radiographic characteristics employed in daily life. The research is a narrative review of the literature, in which the PubMed and Scielo databases were consulted between 2000 and 2020 and 12 articles were selected with a focus on the knowledge of the dental surgeon on radiology and the applicability of conventional and digital radiographic techniques in the dental clinical practice, such references are field surveys that make their assessment through a questionnaire. It was concluded that the radiological knowledge of dental surgeons was limited, most did not follow the radiographic guidelines established by their countries and there was a certain resistance regarding the use of digital radiographic sensors.