The Mama Dentist text beside tooth logo of a tooth outline, with mom and baby inside

Keepin’ kids cavity-free and makin’ toothbrush-time tantrums disappear! 

Are dental x-rays safe for children?

A periapical dental x-ray of a child

Safety is a difficult thing to define. Safe from what? From cancer? From a brain abscess brought on by a bacterial infection that began as cavities? From pain? From anxiety? From stress? I’ll argue that the question we need to be asking is whether the risk of a procedure (x-rays) outweighs the diagnostic benefit (identifying […]