RADIATION PROTECTION BULLETIN ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 44-48.

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Riskand Protection of Oral X-ray Examinations in Pregnant Women

Zhuang Shuqi1, Liu Yulong2   

  1. 1. Zouqu Community Hospital, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213144;
    2. Department of Ophthalmology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215004
  • Received:2019-03-31 Online:2019-06-20 Published:2020-07-21

Abstract: Pregnancy is a period of high incidence of oral diseases, of which a good diagnosis and treatment cannot be performed without oral X-ray examinations. We presents a literature review on the characteristics of oral diseases in pregnant women, the necessity of oral X-ray examinations for them, and the associated riskand protection as well. And also we recommend that,when the risk of oral diseases during pregnancy is greater than that to the fetus due to X-ray examinations, the corresponding X-ray examinations should be actively accepted.

Key words: Pregnant women, Oral X-ray examinations, Radiation protection

CLC Number: 

  • R816.98