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Dental X-Ray: Almost Everyone Does This at The Dentist's Office - Why It's a Possible Recipe for Brain Cancer

Dental X-Ray: Almost Everyone Does This at The Dentist's Office - Why It's a Possible Recipe for Brain Cancer

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  • A recent study suggests people who have had dental X-rays are more likely to develop a type of brain tumor called meningioma than those who have not. Depending on the age at which the exams were done, those who'd had these exams on a yearly basis, or more often, were 1.4 to 1.9 times more likely to have had a meningioma. Study participants who had panorex exams before the age of 10 had a 4.9 times higher risk of meningioma

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