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: Decades have passed since the use of radiographic technology as an accurate paraclinical tool and it has always been tried to observe protective measures against ionizing radiation. This issue is especially important in the field of dentistry due to the frequent use of radiographs in the office. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to determine the principles of radiation protection in dental offices in Ilam.

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The number of samples was equal to 42 dental offices in Ilam. Information completed by checklist. Data were collected by SPSS24 software at a significance level of 0.05 and descriptive and inferential statistics.

There was no significant relationship between personnel protection methods with age and work experience, also between the device with gender and work experience (P>0.05). There was no significant relationship between processing method and between exposure time with age, gender and work experience (P>0.05). There was no significant relationship between radiography technique and age and gender (P>0.05) but there was a significant relationship with work experience (P<0.05). There was a significant relationship between the radiographer with gender and work experience (P<0.05) .

The results of this study indicated that dental