radiography-safety

X-rays help dentists consider one of the most useful tools that patients maintain good oral health. X-rays help dentists diagnose relatively common disorders such as caries, periodontitis and infection, and some of the unusual problems such as cysts, abscesses and tumors. Dental X-rays can also allow your dentist to determine if a child of the permanent teeth erupt properly and with correct spacing.In general, children need X-rays more frequently than adults because their mouths grow and change rapidly, and they are more prone to tooth decay than adults.In today's digital age of dentistry is making great progress in reducing the radiation dose for a dental x-ray administered.

In the 1930s and 1940s, the cone for used X-rays fall most of the head and neck.Today, the cone is very small, so radiation is only pointed at the little place where the x-ray film is located.Many of the critical institutions that radiation could show effects are not lined in the path of the radiation, and the use of lead, whole-body aprons protects your body from stray nuclear medicine technician.

The panoramic X-ray is an important part of a thorough dental examination. It is usually recommended once every 5- 7 years for most patients. Although the panoramic X-ray does not provide as much detail when evaluating the teeth and gums as other dental X-rays, it can pick-up potential problems that the other X-rays cannot.

While starting your dentist takes this precaution to protect your, is almost non-existent scattered radiation with the modern dental x-ray equipment.(By law, all x-ray machines in the U.S. for accuracy and safety at least every two years, checked in some states, more often.) Mean also, Film advances in x-ray that the film requires less radiation to develop the same image quality.

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