Question

Is there enough radiation in 10 dental x-rays to worry about?

Answer 1

X-Ray is harmful to living tissues. However, a low dose of the radiation is permeable. Radioactive elements are everywhere sorrounding us. From a study, each US citizen receives around 300 mrem radiation per year (please follow the link below). So, it's below 1 mrem per day on an average. For, a normal dental X-ray imaging, around 2-3 mrem radiation is used. For 10 times, it might be 20-30 mrem only.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/dental.htm

However, for a solid epithelial tumor the dose is around 7000000-910000 mrem, i.e., 60-80 Gy. A dose of 100 Gy, i.e. 115000000 mrem, will be harmful to blood. In compared to 10 dental X-ray imaging, the value is too high. The possibility for damage is negligible, but probability is not zero. For, more knowledge go through the links below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome