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RADIATION PROTECTION

Dentstudy Editorial Team1 min read Updated 14 Aug 2026

TOPIC: RADIATION PROTECTION

🌟 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER

🔹Natural radiation: It yields an average annual dose of about 0.79 mSv. It has three components: cosmic radiation, terrestrial radiation and internal sources.

🔹Cosmic radiation: It includes both energetic subatomic particles and photons of extraterrestrial origin that reach the earth.

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