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A member asked:
Can an xray show a bad tooth?
9 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Yes: Xrays are often used to be able to see cavities and other dental problems.
Answered 4/24/2015
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Yes dental: X-rays are routinely used to diagnose tooth decay and pathology. Hope this helps.
Answered 9/11/2013
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ABSOLUTELY!!: X-rays are meant to show signs of problem inside an organ, specially when there is no way of seen with our bare eye.
Answered 6/10/2015
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Yes: Dentists use Xrays frequently to evaluate the teeth and bones that hold the teeth in place.
Answered 3/31/2015
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Xray shows slight gray area around tooth, however that tooth doesn' hurt, pain is in the one next to it. Can pain be referred ? Treat which tooth?
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Tooth sensitive but no holes or blackness. X Ray shows shadow (decay)of 2nd premolar nearing upto nerve. Filling suggested but risk of RCT. Advice pls?
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The X-ray of the filling looks fine but my tooth has been hurting a lot. Could you need root canal before it shows on x-ray? Ialso got numbed today plus could still feel pain in my tooth.Why?
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Tooth with crown sometimes throbs with my puls, mostly at nighte. Doc wants root canal. Reasonable? Xray shows small dark area.
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Will a dental X-ray always show if a tooth is infected? A lot of pain but dentist said I just need a good cleaning. And have gums receding.
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