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by why_at 689 days ago
For those who are worried about radiation from X-rays I always recommend:

https://xkcd.com/radiation/

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And since that was published, the widespread uptake of digital dental X-rays brought the dental x-ray dose down to the (roughly, depending on how you count, how many, etc) 1 uSv range.

I've been much happier about dental X-rays since they went digital. Substantially improves the diagnostic value to radiation ratio.