{"id":334,"date":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/dental-x-rays-safe\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T00:00:00","slug":"dental-x-rays-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/dental-x-rays-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Dental X-Rays Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-300\" src=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/i00207_N_xRays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"471\" \/>MOST OF OUR PATIENTS KNOW THAT a visit to <a title=\"About Our Practice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gentlebreezedentistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><strong><strong><a title=\"Visit Our Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\/dental-services\/\" target=\"_blank\">our practice<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a> sometimes involves an x-ray or two. <\/strong>And though it\u2019s true that discovering and treating oral problems before they get out of hand is <em>best <\/em>way to save unnecessary time, money, and pain, some people are skeptical about x-rays and have questions about their impact on health.  Well we have some <strong>good news <\/strong>for those of you with concerns<strong>\u2014x-rays pose very little danger to your health<\/strong><em>\u2026and the amount of radiation you receive during routine x-rays here at our practice is MUCH smaller than the amount you receive daily from natural radiation sources.<\/em>  Exposure to tiny amounts of radiation is a <strong>natural component of life!<\/strong> Each year, the average United States citizen is exposed to about 360 mREM from common things like the earth itself, natural materials, cosmic radiation, and even from<em> other people!<\/em> In fact, the State Department of Health has set the <strong>yearly maximum safe radiation level at 5000 mREM.<\/strong>  Our <strong>dental x-rays<\/strong> only emit .30 mREM per unit\u2026SO, even if you have a full mouth series taken, you\u2019re still only being exposed to a mere 6 mREM! This means you\u2019d have to have around <strong>60 full-mouth series<\/strong> to really be at risk\u2026and we promise we\u2019ll never need to take that many in a year\u2019s time!  X-rays are an important part of <strong><a title=\"Visit Our Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hudsonhighlandsdentistry.com\" target=\"_blank\">dental care<\/a><\/strong>, as we use them to diagnose problems that we might not otherwise be able to detect. We promise you\u2019re in the best of hands here at our practice, so don\u2019t let x-ray fears worry you.  If you ever have any questions or concerns regarding dental x-rays, please don\u2019t hesitate to <strong><a title=\"Contact Our Practice\" href=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a>!<\/strong> <em>We would love to help put your mind at ease!<\/em>  Oh, and don\u2019t forget to <strong>join us on Facebook!<\/strong>  <a title=\"Visit Hudson Highlands Dentistry on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HudsonHighlandsDentistry\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mysocialpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/i00210_N_findingFB55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MOST OF OUR PATIENTS KNOW THAT<\/strong> a visit to our practice sometimes involves an x-ray or two&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[186,202,177,230,180,182,194,231],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-beautiful-smiles","tag-cavity-prevention","tag-cosmetic-dentistry","tag-dental-x-rays","tag-dr-john-t-lynch","tag-hudson-highlands-dentistry","tag-preventive-care","tag-x-ray-safety","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}