![]() Jacquelyn Do grew up in Yorba Linda, California and completed her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Prevention and early diagnose is key to a healthy dental home.Īpproximate additional risk of fatal cancer for an adult from exposureĭr. Schedule your child’s first dental check-up by their first birthday and every 6 months following. With the help of your child’s pediatric dentist you can gain the information and tools vital to keeping your child cavity-free. Tooth decay left undiagnosed and untreated can often times lead to dental pain or emergency. Examples of factors that increase the risk for tooth decay are poor oral hygiene, inadequate fluoride exposure, prolonged nursing, and frequent high sugar content in the diet. Then, once every 12-18 months, thereafter, and more frequently when there is a past experience of tooth decay or an increased risk for tooth decay. *Additional lifetime risk of fatal cancerĬoast to coast flight in a commercial airplaneĢ bitewing and 2 periapical dental x-raysĭepending on your child’s dental health and history, the AAPD recommends that children have dental x-rays taken as soon as their teeth touch and proximal services cannot be visualized or probed. The amount of radiation exposure in a single panoramic x-ray is 0.007 mSV.įollowing are comparisons of effective radiation dose with naturally-occurring environmental radiation exposure: Procedure/source of exposureĬomparable to natural environmental radiation for: If a child has one or more adult teeth then a panoramic x-ray is indicated in addition to the bitewing and periapical x-rays. The total amount of radiation for this set is 0.008 mSv. Cosmic radiation is that which we receive from the sun in the form of UVA/UVB wavelengths.įor a child who is in their primary dentition and has not yet lost their first baby tooth, the dental x-rays indicated to be taken by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), are two bitewings and two periapicals. ![]() Naturally occurring radioactive materials can be found in the air that we breathe and the food that we eat. With the development of digital imaging technology, the amount of radiation exposure in routine dental x-rays are now considered negligible.Ī comparison of our daily natural environmental radiation exposure with the amount of radiation in dental x-rays will help in understanding the risks and benefits encountered during your child’s routine dental check-ups.Īccording to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, the average American receives an effective dose of 3 millisieverts (mSv) per year from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic radiation from outer space. Doctors can now identify and prevent the progression of disease at earlier stages. X-ray technology has provided immeasurable diagnostic benefits to the medical and dental community. ![]()
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