Radiation risk assessment in professionals working in dental radiology area using buccal micronucleus cytome assay

The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of micronuclei (MN) in buccal mucosal cells of professionals working in radiology area to determine the risk of stochastic effects of radiation. All the professionals and students working in King Khalid University - College of Dentistry radiology are...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of contemporary dental practice Jg. 14; H. 6; S. 1024
Hauptverfasser: Sadatullah, Syed, Dawasaz, Ali Azhar, Luqman, Master, Assiry, Ali A, Almeshari, Ahmed A, Togoo, Rafi Ahmad
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: India 01.11.2013
Schlagworte:
Adult
Case-Control Studies
Cell Nucleus - pathology
Cell Nucleus - radiation effects
Cytoplasm - pathology
Cytoplasm - radiation effects
Dentists
Epithelial Cells - pathology
Epithelial Cells - radiation effects
Female
Humans
Male
Micronucleus Tests
Mouth Mucosa - pathology
Mouth Mucosa - radiation effects
Occupational Exposure
Papanicolaou Test
Radiation Protection - methods
Radiology
Risk Assessment
Schools, Dental
Students, Dental
Young Adult
ISSN:1526-3711, 1526-3711
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of micronuclei (MN) in buccal mucosal cells of professionals working in radiology area to determine the risk of stochastic effects of radiation. All the professionals and students working in King Khalid University - College of Dentistry radiology area were included in the Risk Group (RG = 27). The Control Group (CG = 27) comprised of healthy individual matching the gender and age of the RG. Buccal mucosal scraping from all the 54 subjects of RG and CG were stained with Papanicolaou stain and observed under oil immersion lens (×100) for the presence of micronuclei (MN) in the exfoliated epithelial cells. There was no significant difference between the incidence of MN in RG and CG (p = >0.05) using t-test. Routine radiation protection protocol does minimize the risk of radiation induced cytotoxicity, however, screening of professionals should be carried out at regular intervals.
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ISSN:1526-3711
1526-3711
DOI:10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1444