Tips for declining x-rays at dentist
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I don't like x rays at the dentist and I seem to be always talked into them.
Any good lines or reasoning on how you have been able to avoid this?I'm going in again tomorrow 7 am. I have no problem telling my medical doctor what I want but when it comes to the dentist I'm just super scared. Not for the person but for any procedure.
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@happyhanneke I recently tried to tell my "holistic" dentist I was trying to get pregnant and potentially pregnant and he said they x-ray pregnant women. Told me to look it up on the internet! They won't clean my teeth until I get a full exam with 3D. My husband also declined x-rays at his cleaning and then my dentist had us come for a special meeting and told us that he wants to drop us and my daughter. I got him to hold off and give my husband a chance to do the xrays, but I honestly feel so shitty about the whole thing I don't know if we should go back. In the state we live, it's the only so called holistic dentist. Basically they don't use fluoride and remove mercury fillings. But they'd x-ray a pregnant woman in the 1st trimester.
One option I just found out about was independent hygienists that just do cleanings. There is actually one I found that works at a holistic health clinic.
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@Sippy said in Tips for declining x-rays at dentist:
@happyhanneke I recently tried to tell my "holistic" dentist I was trying to get pregnant and potentially pregnant and he said they x-ray pregnant women. Told me to look it up on the internet! They won't clean my teeth until I get a full exam with 3D.
I guess that’s where it is now. No treatment unless you get x rays. Frustrating
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@happyhanneke I wonder if they would let someone with cancer decline them. I found these articles helpful
https://doctorpapadopoulos.com/dental-x-ray-compared-to-background-radiation/
https://doctorpapadopoulos.com/dental-x-ray-cancer-risks-list-of-scientific-studies/
https://doctorpapadopoulos.com/dentists-without-x-rays-how-to-find-a-reasonable-dentist/
https://doctorpapadopoulos.com/best-holistic-dentist-baltimore-dc-annapolis/Wish I was closer to DC.
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Dentists suck, just take k2 mk4 and never go back again.
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@RawGoatMilk88
It actually went really well. It's a new dentist and she used to be a navy dentist. She doesn't believe in all kinds of extra stuff and she has no issue with declining X rays.
She also said that I did not need a crown which my last dentist said I needed 6 months ago. She said if it doesn't bother you it's fine. I like her.
I guess all my worry for nothing.
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@happyhanneke You’re super lucky to have found a dentist like that. It’s just protocol to X-ray for them to check inside the teeth before the do any other stuff.
I’ve had great success with an ultrasonic tooth scaler from Amazon to do my own cleaning. It gets stains right off and softly chips away any calculus build up
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@BroJonas what brand is it exactly? I’m interested