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General Category => Inquiries => Topic started by: Richey on October 31, 2007, 06:32:46 am

Title: What's this about dental exrays?
Post by: Richey on October 31, 2007, 06:32:46 am

I heard a little at a meeting about dental exrays could be bad for someone with an AN

Does anyone have any information on this subject?

Rich

Title: Re: What's this about dental exrays?
Post by: Jim Scott on November 02, 2007, 01:33:30 pm

Richey:

I believe you were misinformed.  To my knowledge, and I'm not a doctor or scientist, normal dental X-rays have not been shown to affect acoustic neuroma tumors.  You might want to read this brief study done on this very issue at the School of Public Health. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, just two years ago.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112222035/ABSTRACT (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112222035/ABSTRACT)

I hope this helps clarify this issue for you.

Jim