Why Is Safety important when operating a dental xray equipment?

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Why Is Safety important when operating a dental xray equipment?
Getting exposed to xrays can cause problems in high dosages as xrays effects are cumulative. This is why people getting radiation for cancer can actually get a "radiation burn". You are also exposed to radiation on a day to day basis by getting sunshine exposure and even more if you fly. Hope that's helpful


JAMRDH- a dental hygienist
Reply:The actual amount of radiation you receive from a dental x ray is actually less than you receive from the sun in an average day of just walking around. The reason we put the lead vests on patients is because just not to submit them to anymore radiation than they already receive. Pregnant women should try to avoid x-rays if possible, but sometimes they are necessary. It is believed that over exposure to raditation can increase the risk of birth defects and low birth weight. But dental x-rays differ than normal x-rays. The machine has a cone attached to it so it shoots the x-ray at a specific area and the x-ray scatter is very minimal.





Imagine all that radiation that a dentist would be exposed to after about 30 years of taking x rays. Usually the dentist leaves the room when he takes the x-ray.
Reply:An x-ray machine puts out photons of electo-magnetic radiation. The x-rays are produced by high voltage electrons striking the anode of the tube.


RADs, Radio-active absorbed dosage is the amount of radiation the patient receives.


REMs, Rontgen Equivalent Mann, is the amount of radiation received by the staff, over a period of one year. If an x-ray machine puts out more then 5 REMs per year, it can not be used in a medical field.