is dental x-ray safe??

[kenny siu]

i don't know if it's x-ray or CT but I have visited two different clinics in 25 days and both of them required me to take a x-ray for full mouth. The second one didn't accept my x-ray soft-copy on USB because he is worried of USB virus and required a new x-ray.

I think I was so silly to take two x-ray for full mouth in 25 days. And I am worried about the possible harmful effects of x-ray. Especially because I didn't sleep very well the night before the second time I take the x-ray.
And I have just learned that x-ray is accumulated in our body over the years

Am I over-worried for something that doesn't exist?

Or do I make sense to worry?


Added note: I 'd like to know if what I was taking is a dental X-ray or dental CT ?? I know CT has higher risk than X-ray. The doctor said it was X-ray but the machine rotates around my head during the process.

 

[Chris_Fisher]

Radiation is real. X-rays have come a long way where the dose of radiation is really small. Even so, every 6 months is usually how often you should get an x-ray, if you must.