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Dental xrays cause cancer
Does doing dental xray multiple time increases the chances of getting cancer in future due to radiation exposure
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Dental xray won't cause cancers..
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But you should avoid even dental xrays in pregnancy..
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No, because exposure to x ray during dental treatment is very minimal. They won't cause cancer.
Still have queries then please consult with doctor online or offline for better guidance and treatment options.
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But in case of pregnancy things will change..
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Radiation dose due to dental exposure is very minimum. You can take 200 dental radiographs when compared to 1 chest radiograph . Chances of getting cancer are very very rare with dental xray exposure.
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leave your fear of getting multiple exposures and get proper examination and treatment
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Dr. Rathish.S
Dentist
2 yrs exp
Coimbatore
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The intra oral xray film being a very small size needs very little exposure for recording data. Hence there's no chance of occurence of cancer
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Dr. Sheetal Palekar
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11 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello ..... Nothing of that sort as dental x-ray uses minimal radiation . Try to go in for OPG as this minimizes need to take repeated x-rays unless the treatment plan demands .
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