Heading to the Chicago Midwinter Meeting this week? If so, why don't you put Tru-Align on your to-do list. Stop by and see for yourself how Tru-Align can improve your x-ray image quality and reduce radiation exposure to your staff and patients.
You can find Tru-Align on display at HealthFirst booth #511. We hope to see you there!
Radiation hygiene is critical to providing patient safety.
You wear gloves, sterilize your instruments, and disinfect your work surfaces and use barrier protection. By practicing these and other universal standards, you assume you are keeping your patients and staff as safe as possible in the practice environment.
But what about radiation safety? You provide aprons with thyroid protection, are judicious about taking radiographs only when diagnostically necessary, and use high-speed film or digital sensors. By practicing these standards, recommended by the ADA,1 CDC, and National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP and state radiation guidelines), again you assume you are doing everything you can to minimize patient and staff exposure to ionizing radiation. However, if you are taking only these steps, you are not enough.
This week Kathy Kincade at Dr. Bicuspid sat down with Stuart White, DDS, PhD to discuss the growing concern among dentists and their patients over radiation exposure. His focus was on what dentists can do to insure patient safety. He provided several very smart ways to reduce exposure to radiation among hygienists, dentists and staff in the interview including this point on rectangular collimation.
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Read MoreWe had an incredible time at the CDA in Anaheim this week and would like to thank everyone who stopped by to learn more about Tru-Align.
We were lucky enough to have some of the biggest KOLs in dentistry taking a keen interest in our product, including Dr. Larry Emmott, who stopped by and was kind enough to blog about the Tru-Align. Here's an excerpt from his post:
The collimator reduces scatter radiation and improves image quality. Reducing scatter reduces patient exposure. This is great for those patients who are worried about radiation.
The aiming device uses lasers and magnets to perfectly align the cone and the sensor. When it is aligned properly it beeps and snaps into place, even a rookie can take perfect radiographs with virtually no retakes.
How was your CDA? Let us know if you had a chance to stop by the booth and if you have any questions in the comments below.
Affordable and extremely effective, the Tru-Align system is being introduced to the dental profession this week at the California Dental Association Spring Session. Easily installed on existing x-ray machines, Tru-Align dramatically lowers patient radiation exposure AND improves the diagnostic quality of x-rays.
Read MoreIDI will be sponsoring a free live webinar on May 18th featuring Dr. Dale Miles. This program identifies types of x-ray exams, and their risk compared to daily common activities we take EVERY DAY. Dr. Miles will also present the newest technology to reduce dental x-ray dose simply and effectively. The talk is fun, informative and designed to explain in understandable terms the REAL x-ray risks. Dr. Jeff Rohde will be moderating the talk.
Register here: http://www.trualignwebinar.com
If this recent New York Times article on irresponsible x-ray practices at a Brooklyn hospital is any indication, your patients are getting massive doses of information on the worst cases of x-ray radiation gone bad. In fact, there's a good chance that they are hearing more about radiation these days than about proper oral care or the oral-systemic connection.
How are you combating this negative press in your practice?
This week, the ADA again issued a statement regarding the importance of reducing patient exposure to ionizing x-ray radiation. The full release is below, and we have a solution to ADA's claim that "when x-rays are necessary...use a rectangular collimator" - Tru-Align™, is the only x-ray positioning system that makes rectangular collimation work.
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