OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,916 Likes: 57 | In the last five years a new dental x-ray system which uses computer imaging and a in the mouth sensor instead of actual film has been on the market, and my dentist and many others have switched to it. You receive 1/10th the amount of radiation (which was low anyway) and the doctor can email your x-rays to another doctor instantly. Dental images are much lower exposure than CT scans which we all get as a matter of course for years after treatment.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. |