Oral X-ray machines safe, say dentists urging removal of controls

[webfact]

Oral X-ray machines safe, say dentists urging removal of controls

By The Nation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- X-ray machines used for dental services emit very low levels of radiation, the Dental Council says.

 

The council staged the test of the equipment for the media on Monday to back its demand that X-ray machines should be removed from controls under the Nuclear Energy for Peace Act. 

 

According to the test, an oral X-ray exposes a patient to 0.001 mSv radiation – the amount a person is naturally exposed to over a period of two-and-a-half hours. 

 

A X-ray for other dental services such as orthodontics, emits 0.024 mSv, the scientific unit of measurement for a radiation dose.

 

Dentists at the press conference and the testing also disassembled parts of the dental X-ray machine and said such devices are not dangerous under the supervision of licensed dentists. 

 

According to Johns Hopkins University in the US, people are exposed to radiation from natural sources all the time. Recent estimates show that the average person in the US receives an effective dose of about 3 mSv per year of radiation from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic radiation from outer space. These natural "background" doses vary.

 

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[Jonmarleesco]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Dentists at the press conference and the testing also disassembled parts of the dental X-ray machine and said such devices are not dangerous under the supervision of licensed dentists.

Thailand. Dentists. Money. I'm not convinced their motives are altruistic. 

[natway09]

They are safer than standing outside in the sun for half an hour.

This Government know that but refuse to see reason.

One small x ray can save the patient a lot of money & a couple of hours extra in the chair

[fforest1]

The end result of this will be..

 

1.Causing small dental clinics to go out of business.

2. Turning dentist into criminals who wont/cant comply with

the new rules..

3.Much worse service if a dentist tries wing it without x-rays..

4.Higher prices from the clinics who can jump through a

bunch of new hoops....  

 

The winners will be ??? and the losers will the poor...

Edited May 19, 2017 by fforest1

[inquisitive]

What exactly are the "controls" that the dentists want removed, and what do they feel will be the gain by removing them? In other words, what is the whole point of this exercise?