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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence

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352 points keithly | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 21:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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pavel_lishin ◴[14 Oct 24 21:57 UTC] No.41842453[source]▶
I'm going to also throw anecdotes into the bucket: three dentists completely missed a cavity on one of my rear molars (wisdom teeth) until I mentioned pain, and then they poked around physically and said, "oh yeah, that's a big one."
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1. dopylitty ◴[14 Oct 24 22:29 UTC] No.41842810[source]▶
I had the same but with a cracked crown. The dentist did the bite wing x-rays, did whatever examination they do, and then at the end said it all looked good. They even did some fancy 3d scan trying to sell me on a mouth guard or those transparent braces.

Then I mentioned I had pain around the crown whenever I ate something sweet or sour. The dentist took another look and said "oh yeah the crown is cracked"

So now I know I either have a cracked crown or I don't. Great service.