Dissemination and Impact

Key performance indicators

Publications in international scientific journals Presentations at international conferences and research meetings Consensus amongst stakeholders on rational use of CBCT Incorporation of project results into national guidelines in the EU and beyond. Exploitation of QA phantom as demonstrated by sales. Impact on guidelines for permitted use of CBCT by third party payment providers in dentistry. Definitive web site that continues to flourish beyond the lifetime of the project. Evidence of frequent access and take-up of training.

Publications and conference presentations 17th International Congress of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology 28 June - 02 July, 2009 Amsterdam World Congress on Medical Physics and Bioengineering, Munich, 7-12 September 2009 ESHNR 22th Annual meeting and refresher course, Verona Italy Annual Swedish Dental Congress, November 12-14, 2009 Stockholm Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine meeting, Manchester 16 December 2009

Summary Dissemination of Guidelines to: –Professional organisations – international –Professional organisations – national –National bodies / organisations –Universities and dentists Input into national / international guidance to dentists

Professional Organisations - International EADMFR EFOMP Professional Organisations – internet ORADLIST newsgroup

Professional Organisations - National BelgiumVVT (Flemish association of dentists) VBT (Association of Belgian dentists) BHPA (Belgian Association of Hospital Physicians) GreeceHellenic National Dental Society Athens Dental Society Hellenic Society of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology LithuaniaLithuanian Association of Radiology RomaniaRomanian Dentists Association (CMDR) SwedenThe Swedish Dental Association (SDA) Swedish Society for Maxillofacial Radiology (SFOR) UKBritish Dental Association The Royal College of Surgeons of England

National Bodies / Organisations BelgiumFANC (Federal Agency of Nuclear Control) FranceAFSSPS (French health product safety agency) GreeceGreek Atomic Energy Commission LithuaniaRadiation Protection Centre RomaniaNational Commission for Nuclear Activity (CNCAN) UKHealth Protection Agency

Universities and Dentists BelgiumUniversity Hospitals KUL (dentists & radiologists) University of Gent (dentistry department) University of Brussels (dentistry department) GreeceDental School of Athens LithuaniaVilnius University Kaunas University of Medicine RomaniaFaculty of Dental Medicine, Cluj-Napoca Dentists – different cities SwedenMalmö University (MAHOD) UKUniversity of Manchester School of Dentistry University of Manchester CPD course for dentists University of Warwick MSc Implantology students

Input into Inter/National Guidelines German DMFRInteractions with German Expert Group preparing national guidance AFSSPS (France)Input of SEDENTEXCT Guidelines into development of French Guidelines UK Health Protection Agency SEDENTEXCT members contributed sections to national guidelines in development Showa University Dental Hospital Japanese version of the ‘Basic Principles’ produced Euratom Article 31 Expert Group ‘Basic Principles’ and Provisional Guidelines passed on for dissemination and awareness raising

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Summary Good dissemination and impact within the partner countries over a range of stakeholders and organisations Some impact in other countries, but this is still patchy Language problem?

“EU Member States' competent authorities shall adopt specific criteria of acceptability for equipment in order to indicate when appropriate remedial action is necessary, including, if appropriate, taking the equipment out of service”