Table 1.
Measurements of doses received by the critical organs in phosphor plate (PSP) system (VistaScan® system; Dürr Dental GmbH, Bissingen, Germany) (in mGy)
| |
Tongue |
Thyroid gland |
Right parotid gland |
Left parotid gland |
Right crystalline lens |
Left crystalline lens |
Right maxillary sinus |
Left maxillary sinus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital intraoral system | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| PSP (mGy) | 2.39 ± 0.56a | 3.38 ± 0.81a | 0.19 ± 0.04a | 0.14 ± 0.01a | 0.28 ± 0.06a | 0.30 ± 0.09a | 2.94 ± 0.69a | 2.95 ± 0.55a |
| PSP + lead foil (mGy) | 0.82 ± 0.21b | 2.36 ± 0.76b | 0.09 ± 0.02b | 0.06 ± 0.01b | 0.12 ± 0.03b | 0.16 ± 0.05b | 2.43 ± 0.58b | 2.45 ± 0.59b |
SD, standard deviation.
Different letters within the same column represent statistically significant differences p < 0.05.