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Dental x-rays - are they a brain cancer risk?
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Minimum: Dental x rays are very safe, radiation exposure is very minium.
Answered 6/23/2020
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No: Dental x-rays expose a limited area of the mouth and not likely to deliver an appreciable dose to the brain.
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