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False Information About Dental X-rays
posted by Patricia A Sullivan DMD on 06 Jun 2010 at 10:07 amThe article does not keep up with current trends in dentistry. We always use a lead apron with an addition that blocks rays from the thyroid region of the body. We also use MD radiographs which lower the dose by 75%. This article causes undue stress upon patients. It is common practice to take x-rays at all new patient exams. To not do so is malpractice, because you cannot do a thorough exam without them. It is not prudent to scare patients in this manner! Recommending a new patient exam without xrays is malpractice! Please review your new articles before publishing to make sure you are not causing undue fright to patients.
Read the news article that this opinion was posted about:
Multiple Dental X-Rays Raise Risk Of Thyroid Cancer
Dental X-rays
posted by Su Su on 07 Jun 2010 at 5:27 am
All the dentist push full mouth x-rays once a year. Ridiculous! They need to do their job and find the cavities. I keep telling them they could be harmful and they laugh at me. I only get them when absolutely needed for a tooth that will need work. This is an excellent article! I will save it for my dentist. Thanks!
Lead Apron and Heart Attack
posted by Russ Brown on 30 Jun 2010 at 8:02 pm
I went to a new dentist recently, and when they took a routine x-ray, I noticed that the lead apron they used was particularly heavy. Within a minute I had an attack of severe angina. (I have atherosclerosis, but have never had a heart attack). When it didn't subside the way it usually does, they called an ambulance and I ended up riding in it to the hospital.
Question: has anyone ever heard of angina/heart attack being initiated by the weight of a particularly heavy lead apron on the abdomen? I can't think of anything else that would cause this incident.
Any information would be appreciated. Thank you.
Confused!
posted by Steve on 25 Aug 2010 at 7:18 am
I despise articles like this. Not because they're inaccurate, but because they scare me and I am left not knowing what to do.
Today I was looking for a dentist to bring my daughter to. She has been once before, and I refused X-rays on her behalf. I am taking her to a different dentist, and I know they will want to take X-rays.
So what should I do? I know that many practitioners just use diagnostic techniques to pad their wallets. If you can't readily prove that it's harmful, they couldn't care less; it's accepted practice, and they are off the hook.
Some people tell me that X-rays are harmful to my child. Others tell me that they're harmless and that they are a crucial diagnostic measure. Who do I believe? If I do the wrong thing, I will feel horrible.
Delusional DMDs
posted by Adam RN on 10 Nov 2010 at 9:04 am
Dr. Sullivan, radiation causes cancer. Repeated doses of even small amounts radiation to any area of the body destroys cellular DNA. The same is evident now with mammograms radiation as well. By the way, stop poisoning your patients with fluoride, its highly toxic to the body, listen to what your colleagues have to say on the Fluoride Action Netork. Dentists have forever been destroying health, with mercury amalgam fillings, avocating fluoride in the water, and delivering deadly radiation on a routine basis. Wake up, just because something common practice and a patient refuses does not make it malpractice, patients are in charge of their health care, not you.
dental implants
posted by gary glaas on 14 Nov 2010 at 6:44 pm
I am thinking of getting dental implants which require more x-rays. How many are absolutely necessary? What other problems are there connected with implants and what are the alternatives?
dental tech and xray exposure
posted by tom martin on 24 Nov 2010 at 9:59 am
I was a dental asst in the Navy 1972 - 1976. I often (perhaps 100 times) had to hold the xray film inside a childs mouth while another tech pushed the button.
We had a lead apron, but that was always on the patient.
I wonder if this level of exposure is a concern.
Background Radiation trumps Dental Xrays
posted by Joseph Deering DDS on 04 Jan 2011 at 9:02 pm
Wait until you KNOW you have a problem with a tooth >lose a lot of teeth or have a lot of root canals. Decay destroys tooth structure so why would you want to wait until cavities are bigger? Digital X rays use LESS. Cement, bricks, rocks, plane rides radiate us.
always keep an open mind
posted by Jill Hanlon on 08 Jan 2011 at 2:31 pm
People used to get x-rays of their feet in the shoe store. People were once told on T.V. that DDT was absolutly safe. In times past people believed that smoking was not a hazard to your health. Thalidomide was at one time prescribed to pregnant women with catastrophic results. Hormone replacement therapy is now being rethought because of an unforseen spike in cancer deaths to women on this therapy. Think of all the drug recalls we hear about because of unforseen complications. It would appear that accepting current medical practices as safe, simply because they are currently practiced, may be closing our eyes to the whole picture.
i had thyroid cancer
posted by Helen smith on 17 May 2011 at 10:01 pm
I came from a large family 7 kids I'm the only one that had teeth problems im the only one who got thyroid cancer my thyroid was removed
Years Ago
posted by Helen on 18 May 2011 at 11:26 am
years ago im 52 now but when i had dental work done all the technoligy today we didn't know back then we were not told about our thyroid was a concern to harmful xrays now today i have a scar from one ear across my throat close to my other ear they removed my thyroid,my vain ,my muscle , my lyphnodes major operation no one in my family has cancer my dad and mom never had cancer of any kind so its not genetics where did i get it from i truly believe it was from multiple dental xrays
Spot on!
posted by Jack on 08 Jun 2011 at 10:34 am
Adam RN you are spot on! I remember the head of the ADA going on 60 Minutes to discuss the amalgam issue. It was clear the mercury was causing health problems in patients (hello it's a neurotoxin), but he wouldn't come out and admit it. But, at the end of the piece he said something to the effect that he would only get the newer non-mercury fillings (wink wink). The ADA pushes for mass medication of the US population with funding and lobbying to put fluoride in our water, when it only works (maybe) topically. A Harvard study shows a link to osteosarcoma in boys and Colgate (big donor) gets it suppressed. Most European countries stopped fluoridating and stats show no increase in carries. And Patricia A Sullivan DMD check the research that shows lower dose x-rays may actually be more harmful due to cells not recognizing the double-strand breaks and therefore not recruiting nonhomologous end joining or homologous recombination repair mechanisms. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences Rothkamm and Lobrich.
An Example of Poor Research
posted by Joe on 19 Feb 2012 at 11:55 am
This "research" was poorly controlled and laughably executed. Asking a small sample of thyroid cancer patients to remember how many dental x-rays has to be the weakest level of evidence besides opinion. Unfortunately, this "research" makes an easy headline for lazy journalists. Sadly, people who do not understand how to critically evaluate scientific evidence will fall prey to the scary headlines. Also, this will only encourage those who cling to poor science in an effort to scare people away from appropriate dental and medical care.
help !
posted by michael bone on 12 Apr 2012 at 9:36 pm
i have not only had 8 opg's recently, but also 21 cat scans to my head and neck region sice 07. i have thyroid disease + i have 6 nodules, apparently i am not important enough to have a biopsy, because i live in country that cares not for me. australia. i cannot even tolerate mere sunshine at 21 degree's celsius or i feel unwell and nauseas. can someone come hare and exfiltrate me to acountry that cares.
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