Pregnancy tips How Safe Are Dental Xrays in Pregnancy?

I put all of my routine dental visits on hold while I was pregnant. First of all, my gag reflex was so strong, I probably would have vomited and second of all, I absolutely didn't want any exposure to radiation. According to this article, that may have been a wise choice. Read more:



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From the article:



Researchers studied about 4,500 women. They found women who had dental X-rays were more likely to have babies weighing less than five pounds. Specialists seem surprised by the fact since the amount of radiation pregnant women were exposed to was very low and generally thought to be incapable of inducing observable health effects.



Previous studies show young women who are exposed to radiation for spine problems before getting pregnant also have an increased risk of having a low-birth weight baby.