Dental Radiography & Caries Detection: A More Accurate, Safer Alternative to X-rays

X-rays have been a regular feature in dental surgeries for many years. In recent weeks, a study led by researchers from Yale University School of Medicine was published in a report in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Cancer in the United States, calling into question the safety of repeated exposure to small doses of radiation and its negative side effects.

The study, which was funded by grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Brain Science Foundation and Meningioma Mommas, made national news with headlines like ‘Dental X-rays ‘double brain tumor risk’’¹ and ‘Tumour risk of dental X-rays’² They reported that people who recalled having frequent dental X-rays were more likely than those who did not to have a form of non-spreading tumor called meningioma.