Evaluation of dentists ’ awareness about personnel and patients national protection in Yazd dental office

Background: Dental radiology had helpful as-sistant in the diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases. Dentists in their practice have to ac-cess benefits of dental oral radiographs against its hazards. They must be aware of new radiation protection techniques and radiation dosage which daily receive. Present study was per-formed for radiation protection awareness in dentists of Yazd city and their knowledge about recent lowering radiation techniques. Materials & Methods: Present cross sectional study was performed on 102 medical dentists of Yazd city. Our study samples were participated in one Continues Medical Educations (CME) session. Knowledge assessment of study medical den-tists was gathered with questionnaire which was given to study participants during CME session. Results: Eighty nine percent of dentists had poor and 11 % had moderate awareness about radiation protection techniques. There was no significant difference between mean of knowl-edge scores among study participants accord-ing their age groups, job experiences and gen-ders. Conclusion: The knowledge of dentists about radiation protection techniques was very poor and they should implement recent and ap-propriate radiation protection techniques and guidelines