Please do a (critical) appraisal of medical literature for dental x-rays!!! I tried to find RCTs to support my dentist's recommendation that I get prophylactic x-rays despite being healthy and having no symptoms. I couldn't, nor could my dentist. But his staff still gawk at me like I'm an alien for questioning the virtues of prophylactic…
Please do a (critical) appraisal of medical literature for dental x-rays!!!
I tried to find RCTs to support my dentist's recommendation that I get prophylactic x-rays despite being healthy and having no symptoms. I couldn't, nor could my dentist. But his staff still gawk at me like I'm an alien for questioning the virtues of prophylactically radiating my cranium without an objective evidence base.
I'd love to know if such an evidence base actually exists...
as an overview... A 60 keV photon energy and couple mA current can knock down any chemical bond out there, a cascade of them actually. Ask how many people with bad teeth and enough money to effort dentists after years of 'safe end effective' radiation end up with cancer somewhere around the face/head area?? I bet there are many...
Please do a (critical) appraisal of medical literature for dental x-rays!!!
I tried to find RCTs to support my dentist's recommendation that I get prophylactic x-rays despite being healthy and having no symptoms. I couldn't, nor could my dentist. But his staff still gawk at me like I'm an alien for questioning the virtues of prophylactically radiating my cranium without an objective evidence base.
I'd love to know if such an evidence base actually exists...
that's a helpful source https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info/safety-xray
as an overview... A 60 keV photon energy and couple mA current can knock down any chemical bond out there, a cascade of them actually. Ask how many people with bad teeth and enough money to effort dentists after years of 'safe end effective' radiation end up with cancer somewhere around the face/head area?? I bet there are many...