Last month, I posted a blog entitled “How often for dental x-rays?”
The thrust of the blog was a new study which showed that visual inspection of the teeth by the dentist was as accurate a method of determining caries as dental x-rays. This is also the position of the US Food and Drug Administration.
But one reader asked that this blogger correct any misrepresentation about the use of x-rays on high risk adults. The reader pointed out that the American Dental Association tied the frequency of x-rays to caries risk.
I thank the reader for this clarification.
For more, please visit: http://partnersinprevention.ca/high-caries-risk-and-dental-x-rays/.
By: Ross Perry
SOURCED: Partners In Prevention
