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  1. jimmyjack frankentoa says:

    i read some old studies about the dangers of dental x-rays and after fukushima happened a national academy of sciences report was brought up that stated 'the committee concludes that the preponderance of information indicates that there will be some risk, even at low doses' regarding ionizing radiation. karl morgan, physicist who worked on the manhattan project, also came out against nuclear power and proclaimed there is no safe level of exposure. when i told my orthodontist that i did not want any more x-rays, i was sure they were worried about root resorption, i was looked at as if crazy. they tried to explain the safety to me, but i wasn't buying it. this just confirms everything for me. i never went back to that ortho.

  2. Yeah, and don't forget the Insurance companies who may request one for proof that work was done. The health system in the USA is a joke. Ran by the old and mighty dollar. Pharma, Insurance & Hospitals.

    1. Desisti de fazer um tratamento dentário devido a quantidade de raio X solicitada pelo meu convenio… e agora que li essa matéria vi que tomei a melhor decisão!

  3. No2SmartMeters says:

    Radiation is dangerous, period. I have argued with dentists for 40 years about unnecessary xrays, after working with a woman whose brother was a brain cancer researcher. He told her then that dental xrays were being implicated in brain cancers and not to allow dentists to give them to her often – only when absolutely necessary. I have practiced that ever since and had a lot of flack from dentists as a result. Particularly the dental assistants get riled up, they can't conceive of a patient saying no. It is all about the money – they make extra bucks giving xrays. The medical doctors are too free also with it. I always ask now for digital xrays, and refuse any other kind. Digital xrays provide less radiation, according to my dentist (hmmmmm….). Any comments on that? And BTW, check out electrosmogprevention.org's site – learn about dangerous RF radiation emitted by your utility's new smart meters – and what to do about it.

    1. Anonymous says:

      Well I hope you have a radiation suit to wear when u go outside!! The dental assistant could give a rats if you pay for xrays or not the get payed either way. So, until dentist get xray vision to see between the back teeth then radiographs will be needed!

  4. Anonymous says:

    Certainly, repeated exposure to any kind of radiation,including x-rays is risky. However, if the only way your doctor is able to provide you the best results to your treatment is to request an additional xray because the first one is inadequate or doesn't show bone structure, then he's going to request.

    Refusing any diagnostic service your doctor ordered is perfectly within your rights as a patient, but don't be unhappy if he then uses his right to refuse performing an elective procedure. Which makes me wonder if jimmyjack, who did refuse to return to that one ortho, ever found someone else to resolve his problem without an xray?

  5. I was told by a dentist's receptionist that the "law" requires x-rays every two years, minimum.

  6. Betty A. Hill says:

    There is a medical law being discussed about not letting those with progressive tumors found in the brain to undergo any dental X-ray of any means. There is no proof that Dental X-Rays creates cancerous cells from a healthy person.

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