Hi Bud. Let me see if I can answer the redneck part of the question

A typical IMRT treatment dose will be in the neighborhood of 70Gy (Gray Units) or 7000 cGy (centigray). A typical Dental X-RAY is in the neighborhood of 0.0005 cGy. If I am remembering correctly, using a cell phone was at least two orders of magnitude less and a non-ionizing type of radiation, but I can't find my notes....
Does that help?
Kevin