SCDA Radiation Safety EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
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Wilhelm Rontgen Who discovered the X-ray?
Decay damage, change in bone What can X-rays identify?
patterns, impacted teeth, cysts, and
tumors
Ionizing radiation X rays are a form of what?
Ionizing Radiation We can't see or feel this energy but as it moves
through the body, it disrupts atoms in its path,
causing them to separate into ions
Sickness, cancer, birth defects, and Too much ionization can cause what?
even death.
FALSE. Radiation damage is T or F: Radiation damage happens immediately.
cumulative.
TRUE T or F: Any amount of radiation may produce
some damage in a person's body
, FALSE. Long term effects take years T or F: Long term effects of radiation may take
to develop. days to develop
Maximum Permissable Dose (MPD How much radiation should a person limit
guidelines) for general populaion, themselves to?
radiation workers, and pregnant
women
First trimester Fetal cells are more susceptible to harm during
which trimester?
Doctor's responsibility It is the __________________'s responsibility to weigh out
the risks to make sure the radiograph is more
important than the harm that they would get
Dental assistant's responsibility It is the ______________________________'s responsibility to
avoid giving any unecessary radiation to the
patient
shield the patient with the lead What are two things the dental assistant can do
shield and make sure patient to protect the patient from unnecessaryratiation
doesn't need to have radiographs exposure?
repeated
radiation It is the responsibility of the doctor and the
operator who performs the radiographic exam to
avoid unnecessary _____________?
TRUE T or F: There is a difference between having an
appreciation of radiation principles and being
trained in radiographic techniques
TRUE T or F: If you're taking on the responsibility of
exposing and processing radiographs, it's critical
to be formally trained by either your dentist or in
a structured educational class
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100% VERIFIED) LATEST VERSION 2026!!
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Terms in this set (36)
Wilhelm Rontgen Who discovered the X-ray?
Decay damage, change in bone What can X-rays identify?
patterns, impacted teeth, cysts, and
tumors
Ionizing radiation X rays are a form of what?
Ionizing Radiation We can't see or feel this energy but as it moves
through the body, it disrupts atoms in its path,
causing them to separate into ions
Sickness, cancer, birth defects, and Too much ionization can cause what?
even death.
FALSE. Radiation damage is T or F: Radiation damage happens immediately.
cumulative.
TRUE T or F: Any amount of radiation may produce
some damage in a person's body
, FALSE. Long term effects take years T or F: Long term effects of radiation may take
to develop. days to develop
Maximum Permissable Dose (MPD How much radiation should a person limit
guidelines) for general populaion, themselves to?
radiation workers, and pregnant
women
First trimester Fetal cells are more susceptible to harm during
which trimester?
Doctor's responsibility It is the __________________'s responsibility to weigh out
the risks to make sure the radiograph is more
important than the harm that they would get
Dental assistant's responsibility It is the ______________________________'s responsibility to
avoid giving any unecessary radiation to the
patient
shield the patient with the lead What are two things the dental assistant can do
shield and make sure patient to protect the patient from unnecessaryratiation
doesn't need to have radiographs exposure?
repeated
radiation It is the responsibility of the doctor and the
operator who performs the radiographic exam to
avoid unnecessary _____________?
TRUE T or F: There is a difference between having an
appreciation of radiation principles and being
trained in radiographic techniques
TRUE T or F: If you're taking on the responsibility of
exposing and processing radiographs, it's critical
to be formally trained by either your dentist or in
a structured educational class
