Need a dentist, no X-rays
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PeoplesElbow
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Nope, good luck with that.
If you don't have insurance you might be able to plead that, but they want to bill your insurance for all they can.
If you don't have insurance you might be able to plead that, but they want to bill your insurance for all they can.
PeoplesElbow
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Just curious why don't you want x-rays?
LightRoasted
If I may ...
If I may ...
I'm thinking they need those x-rays in case there might be some caries. Teeth cleaning can be painful or damaging if found out the hard way during a cleaning.
I'm thinking they need those x-rays in case there might be some caries. Teeth cleaning can be painful or damaging if found out the hard way during a cleaning.
"Let me put this lead apron on you while I leave the room. But our lawyer tells me they are perfectly safe."
PeoplesElbow
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You get more exposure to x-rays in a cross country flight.
They leave the room because they do dozens a day every day.
Yeah I know - but I'd still rather not.
Bonehead
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Unless you are pregnant there is very little exposure. 1 Mrem = 10 Msv and a bite wing xray yields an exposure of .0002 Msv. Even a pregnant woman is permitted 500 Mrem exposure by federal law.
PeoplesElbow
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I think the bigger danger is them slipping with the pick and putting your eye out.
It is drastically more dangerous not getting dental x-rays to check for new cavities developing. You get more radiation exposure naturally every day than what dental x-rays give you. It has already been mentioned, but people in dental services do thousands of these a year and it can be done remotely from another room so there's no reason for them to get this additional minimal exposure to radiation. The lead vest is just extra protection to reduce the already minimal exposure you get. Why? Because it's cheap & easy.
Do not trust a dentist or hygienist that will work on you without doing x-rays first if you are a new customer or have outdated x-rays.
Do not trust a dentist or hygienist that will work on you without doing x-rays first if you are a new customer or have outdated x-rays.
PeoplesElbow
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Does he also do horse teeth?
black dog
Free America
Why yes he does...
A friend that has passed went there to get his pulled when needed...
PeoplesElbow
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I ask because I went to a horse dentist as a kid (dad was cheap), afterward you really knew you had been to the dentist, teeth hurt for days.
Altogether, have had close to 2 dozen x-rays (a couple dental and several medical) and CT scans (15) in the past 5 1/2 or so years.
The 1st in the series was a medical x-ray in March 2015 in the lead up to finding the pancreatic cancer.
Have had no cancer since the surgery in June 2015.
The 1st in the series was a medical x-ray in March 2015 in the lead up to finding the pancreatic cancer.
Have had no cancer since the surgery in June 2015.
PeoplesElbow
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I'm so happy for you, wish that surgery was around to get my dad's cancer.
Thank you, cancer is a terrible Black beast that steals all too many who we love.
Toxick
Splat
Well, I'm not gonna tell you your business, and if you don't want X-Rays, that's all there is to it. No judgement. You do you.
But as for what you're describing here, let me say this about that: I am an insulin dependent diabetic. I take a shot with a syringe about 4 times a day. Let's say that needle-poke is a metaphor for the x-ray, and me taking my normal shots is metaphor for a patient getting an x-ray done.
Using this same metaphor, a nurse/dental assistant/hygienist/dentist is a person standing in front of a dartboard at a pub. Every night.
Getting an x-ray or two every six months is safe. Getting pummeled 30 times a day, five days a week is not.
That is why they leave the room.