Knowledge Description of Dental Clinic Student in RSGM Unsyiah about Ionizing Radiation and Negative Effect of Ionizing Radiation in Dental Radiography

Abstract

ABSTRACT Radiology in medicine always involves ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation in dentistry is used to
diagnose, treatment planning, treatment, or lesion development monitoring. Dental radiography procedures must
be carefully managed because X-rays radiation can damage healthy cells and tissues. The degree of radiation injury
is related to the total radiation dose, the proportion of body irradiated, the volume of tissues irradiated, and the time
interval of the radiation dose received. This study was aimed to know about the knowledge description of dental
clinic students in RSGM Unsyiah about ionizing radiation and the negative effect of ionizing radiation in dental
radiography. The method of this study is a cross-sectional survey. The study included 254 dental clinic students at
RSGM Unsyiah who fulfill inclusion criteria. Subjects were asked to fill questioner about ionizing radiation and the
negative effect of radiation in dental radiography. The result of that study shows that knowledge of dental clinic
students about ionizing radiation (27,1%) dental clinic students had deficient knowledge, (46,4%) dental clinic
students had sufficient knowledge, (26,3%) dental clinic students had a good understanding and knowledge of
dental clinic student about negative effect ionizing radiation in dental radiography (15,7%) dental clinic student had
deficient knowledge, (62,2%) dental clinic student had sufficient knowledge, (22%) dental clinic student had good
knowledge. The conclusion of this study showed that knowledge of dental clinic students about ionizing radiation
and the negative effect of ionizing radiation in dental radiography is sufficient.
KEYWORDS: ionizing radiation, negative effect ionizing radiation, dental radiography