A Review of Doses for Dental Imaging in 2010–2020 and Development of a Web Dose Calculator

Table 2

Dosimetry method, machine model, phantom age, technical parameters, and effective and organ (bone marrow, brain, salivary gland, and thyroid) doses for intraoral imaging procedures. No simulation-based doses are reported.

Method	Machine model	Age	Dosimeter	Phantom	Imaging protocols	DAP (mGy × cm^2)	kVp	FOV width (cm)	FOV height (cm)	Effective dose (uSv)	Organ dose (uGy)				Reference
											Bone marrow	Brain	Salivary gland	Thyroid
Measurement	Gendex Oralix DC	35	TLD	ART	Bitewing single image		60	3.5	4.5	0.85	0.50	0.00	27.00	2.00	Granlund et al. 2015 [10]
Measurement	Gendex Oralix DC	35	TLD	ART	Full-mouth single image		60	3.5	4.5	0.83	0.33	0.00	25.11	2.94	Granlund et al. 2015 [10]
Measurement	Prostyle	10	Gafchromic film	ATOM 706C	Periapical lateral	7.42	66	4.5	5.5	0.60	1.20	0.30	5.50	0.00	Kadesjo et al. 2018 [11]
Measurement	Prostyle	10	Gafchromic film	ATOM 706C	Periapical central	7.42	66	4.5	5.5	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	Kadesjo et al. 2018 [11]
Measurement	Focus	35	TLD	CDP-R1	Maxillary premolar left		70	4.5	3.5	2.56	0.55	6.12	45.25	24.47	Li et al. 2020 [12]
Measurement	Focus	35	TLD	CDP-R1	Maxillary premolar left		70	4.5	3.5	2.39	1.19	7.76	33.88	18.38	Li et al. 2020 [12]

DAP, dose area product; FOV, field of view.