A quality improvement programme for panoramic radiography

A quality improvement programme for panoramic radiography: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN54934084

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-30

Start date

2004-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Primary dental healthcare Oral Health

Interventions

Forty general dental practitioners were divided into two groups of twenty, an active and a control group. Each dental practitioner provided twenty panoramic radiographs for the researcher to evaluate

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Dental practices that took panoramic radiographs on all new patients over the age of 18 attending for the first time

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Specialist dental practices involved in orthodontics

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvements were found in both short term and medium long term in participants that received feedback on how to correct the faults found on the radiographs	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The control group showed no improvement in improving technical faults but did in improving processing faults	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026