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A member asked:
What is the amount of radiation you are exposed to from a dental xray?
7 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
1-2 hrs in sun: 4 radiographs (x-rays) are approximately equivalent to 1-2 hours in the sun without sunscreen.
Answered 3/10/2014
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Radiation : For a panoramic dental X-ray, total effective dose is about 0.01 mSv.
Answered 7/10/2014
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Very low!: It is equivalent to background radiation dose from living on this planet for 10 days. See link for dose equivalents https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/pdf/safety-xray.pdf
Answered 10/29/2017
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