The dangers of frequent dental x-rays, how often is safe to get them done, and how to best protect yourself and your children with one simple request at cleanings and checkups.
I don’t get dental x-rays very often. My children did not get them regularly either.
I certainly don’t consider getting them every six months like most dentists seem to demand even for children.
In fact, I have been known to laugh out loud when told by a dental professional that “you get more radiation walking to your car (or eating a banana…?) than from this digital x-ray machine.”
If you haven’t noticed, gaslighting is a common tactic to avoid uncomfortable truths in the medical community.
If dental x-rays are so harmless, why do they put a big lead suit over you? And why does the technician quickly leave the room before the x-rays are taken?
The fact is that anyone who has taken a basic high school physics class knows that radiation comes in many forms. It’s called the electromagnetic spectrum.
You can’t compare the UV and infrared radiation from the sun with ionizing radiation from an x-ray machine that takes pictures of your bones.
How Often is Safe for Dental X-rays?
There are a wide variety of opinions on how often is safe to get a set of dental x-rays.
Most conventional practices do it every six months, even for children. Some will even kick you out if you try to have them done less often!
Once or twice a year for a set of x-rays is far too frequent according to the research detailed below.
Biological dentists will typically do x-rays as infrequently as a patient desires.
To give you a suggested timeframe, my Father (Family Physician) always recommended to his patients as part of his healthy lifestyle suggestions that a set of bitewings every five years and a full set of dental x-rays every 10 years was sufficient when the diet is good and barring any preexisting conditions.
This minimizes exposure to ionizing radiation which is cumulative over a lifetime and can cause cancer.
I’ve followed this recommended timeframe throughout my life and also for my children. My husband does the same.
While this may seem to be a very long time compared to conventional practices, I can attest to the fact that my kids (oldest is now 24) have never had any issues with their teeth for having such infrequent dental x-rays.
And yes, I’ve been subjected to quite the scare tactics from dentists and hygienists over the years about it!
Note that if an issue with a tooth presents itself, you can always request a SINGLE x-ray for that tooth, something many people don’t realize!
Why Do Dentists Skip the Thyroid Guard?
That being said, sometimes you really do need to get a full set of dental x-rays for whatever reason.
If you find yourself in a situation where dental x-rays are needed, be sure to insist on a thyroid guard.
In the picture above, you will see that the child is covered with a lead suit in preparation for the dental x-rays. But, where is the thyroid guard?
Nowhere to be seen!
Most dental technicians don’t use one unless the patient specifically asks for it.
Given that thyroid cancer is on the rise and that there are so many assaults on this delicate, butterfly-shaped organ in our modern life from processed foods and environmental toxins, it is very important that you insist on thyroid protection whenever you get any sort of dental x-ray. (1)
But what about the Snopes claim that this is a conspiracy theory and that there is no danger?
The truth is that Snopes is an organization literally founded and run by fraudsters and escorts. It has no credibility as a fact-checker whatsoever. (2)
Dental X-Rays a Risk to the Thyroid
Here’s the truth about the dangers to health from overly frequent dental x-rays.
Studies have shown that pregnant women who have dental x-rays are at higher risk for having small babies.
Study participants who had dental x-rays while pregnant were at double the risk of having a low birth weight baby born prematurely. In addition, the women were at triple the risk of having an underweight baby born full term. (3)
This study involved 4,500 women who had babies between 1993 and 2000 and was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Philippe Hujoel, a professor of dental public health services at the University of Washington, said that it is unclear how the radiation might be affecting fetuses. He conjectured that perhaps the thyroid gland in the pregnant women was somehow affected by the dental x-rays.
He went on to say that previous studies have found an increased risk of low birth weight babies in women with mild thyroid disease.
Insist on a Thyroid Guard!
It is very important to insist on a thyroid guard whenever you or a loved one has a dental x-ray taken. This simple device should also be used during mammograms.
But, it is best to not do them at all anyway. In a nutshell, always insist on no-radiation solutions like a thermogram or a breast ultrasound.
Even Dr. Oz warns about repeated dental x-rays and mammograms as they can potentially contribute to increased risk for thyroid cancer. (4)
Despite his highly conventional approach, Dr. Oz concludes that wearing a thyroid guard during these procedures is a wise move. (5)
What’s it going to hurt to wear one, after all?
There is absolutely no downside to this extra safety precaution, so don’t let your dentist or hygienist talk you out of it.
If, after asking your dentist for a thyroid guard, you discover that he/she doesn’t even have one available, you can safely assume that it is time for you to find a new dentist!
Need a Dentist Who Won’t Push X-rays?
I get many requests about who I recommend as a truly holistic, biological dentist. If you are looking for one, I recommend Dr. Carlo Litano of Natural-Smiles.com – (727) 300-0044.
He sees young children as well as adults. He also does phone consults for those who don’t live close enough for an office visit. Be sure to tell him that Sarah sent you and get 10% off your first visit!
(1) Thyroid Cancer on the Rise
(2) SNOPES ‘fact checker’ accused of defrauding website, staff includes an escort-porn star
(3) Dental X-Rays Might Lead to Smaller Babies
(4) Repeated Dental Xrays without Neck Shielding Predispose to Thyroid Cancer
(5) Dr. Oz: Thyroid Guards During Mammograms & Dental X-Rays
If your precious little one needs x-ray frequently, protect everything on/in her body that doesn’t need to be irradiated. X-rays are harmful, not healthy. If you must hold her, ten protect yourself to the maximum extent possible.
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Sugar is bad news, and not for the reason you have heard before:
From William Dufty Sugar Blues page 198,199
The avant garde of dentistry has rediscovered that the body and the teeth are not two separate entities; the teeth are part of the body. There was an entire period during which the teeth were thought to be “inactive organs”: tooth decay was taken to be a local development on the surface of the teeth. Dentists were considered in the league with the barbers, as mechanics, cosmeticians, tinkerers. If a dentist talked to a patient about anything except cavities or the choice of a filling, he was treading on the jealously guarded terrain of the medical man.
All that is over. Dental researchers have proven that the teeth are subject to the same metabolic processes that affect other organs of the body. The entire body is one.
By adapting a technique originally developed to study movement of fluid within organs like the liver and kidneys, two researchers from the Loma Linda School of Dentistry have found that subtle changes in the internal activity of the teeth, caused by sugar, can be an early sign of later decay.
In their report to a Chicago meeting of the International Association for Dental Research, Doctors R.E. Steinman and John Leonaora showed that the principle change,caused by sugar, is in the movement of fluid within the teeth. Hormonal chemicals are carried from the pulp to the enamel through the channels in the dentin.
Resistance to tooth decay involves the health of the entire body: complex physiological processes are involved in maintaining and protecting the health of the teeth.
The two researchers found that:
– high sugar diet can slow the rate of transport of hormonal chemicals by as much as two thirds even in one week.
– Teeth with sluggish internal activity have a high incidence of decay.
– A hormone released by the hypothalamus stimulates the release by the salivary
gland of a second hormone. The second hormone increases the rate of fluid flow
through the teeth.
– A high sugar diet upsets the hormonal balance and reduces the flow in the
internal system. This weakens the tooth and makes it more susceptible to decay.
– Healthy teeth are normally invulnerable to the microbes that are always present in your mouth.
Who wants to get rid of friendly germs in the mouth except those crazy people selling mouthwash?
Dufty’s source for this information is in an endnote that says “Medical World News”, January 14, 1972, March 16, 1973
(Sally Fallon in Nourishing Traditions quotes this page Dufty : page 417 of NT)
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Off topic? my two previous posts might appear to be off topic here, and perhaps even irrelevant, but if you are concerned about your teeth, your health, dentists, and dental x rays, I do not believe they are off topic.
If you are concerned about your teeth, look for Ramiel Nagel’s book “Cure Tooth Decay” and also consider that obsessing about fluoride and electric toothbrushes isn’t where the battle front really is! Fluoride is poison, can cause dental fluorosis, as well as harm your bones. Adequate nutrition really plays a part in good oral health! You can look up and learn about who Weston Price was easily on the internet. Dental decay is supposedly the most common childhood disease, according to posters on the subway here. It is certainly due to poor dietary choices, and due to consuming lots of sugar which in turn upsets the bodies ability to metabolize properly.
Of course Dentists want every one to get X Rays every six months! The film probably costs $4.00 and they charge you $130.00 – great source of income, besides they want you to pay for the X Ray machine they had to buy for their practice at the expense of you being fried. Besides, if you get get any type of cancer, tumor or anything else caused by radiation exposure, how could you ever prove that it was caused by all the X Rays you got at the Dentists? – they will blame it on your cell phone! – but that is another story, since the same argument goes for them as well. Madame Curie was the one who pioneered research in radio activity and got killed by it as well. So if you asked me what is the safe amount of radiation exposure? – NONE if at all possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie
Write on.
Right on!
Right on target.
Safe dose of radiation? Ask Madame Curie