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“Plus, they hold up an x-ray and say ‘This is …’ not ‘This might be …’.” Ha! My dentist actually said ‘This might be …’ as we looked together at a X-ray. He sa
by ugh 16y ago
“Plus, they hold up an x-ray and say ‘This is …’ not ‘This might be …’.”
Ha! My dentist actually said ‘This might be …’ as we looked together at a X-ray. He said that we could be looking at very, very early caries or just a shadow and that X-ray images are always tricky. I will be X-rayed again at the next routine checkup to see if anything has changed.
Incidentally, how common are X-rays in the US? It sounds like they are quite common which surprised me. They don’t seem to be part of the yearly checkup in Germany if I’m remembering right. I think it’s rather a every-other-year or every-three-years thing.
- protomyth 16y agoVery common - I think it is an insurance requirement to get paid.
- ubernostrum 16y agoStandard practice here in the US is a full mouth x-ray about once every 12-18 months, because that's what insurance will pay for. (and my dentist is the same way -- he'll sit down with an x-ray and sometimes photos as well, and go over "OK, this might be the beginning of a cavity, or it might just be a stain from drinking tea/coffee...")
- ugh 16y agoSo that’s why US healthcare costs are so inflated ;-)