{"id":2856,"date":"2016-08-29T08:33:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2016-08-29T08:33:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:33:34","slug":"kids-need-dental-x-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/kids-need-dental-x-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Kids Need Dental X-Rays?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular dental x-rays may only be required when the permanent teeth have grown. Children who have baby teeth will require dental x-rays only if the need arises, according to the American Dental Association.<br \/>\nKey takeaways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dentists should perform dental x-rays every 6-12 months for high-risk preschoolers who have had cavities in their baby teeth.<\/li>\n<li>Dental x-rays should be considered only every 12-24 months for younger children who have never had a tooth cavity.<\/li>\n<li>Dentists can recommend cone beam CT scans to get 3-D x-ray images of the teeth and their roots as well as the jaw and the skull.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>But there always needs to be a justification for using X-rays. Some reasons include impacted teeth, pain, obvious decay, unexplained bleeding, migrating teeth, or again, simply because a dentist can\u2019t see between two teeth.<\/em><br \/>\nRead the full story here<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/19\/do-kids-need-dental-x-rays\/?mabReward=A3&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;region=CColumn&amp;module=Recommendation&amp;src=rechp&amp;WT.nav=RecEngine&amp;mtrref=www.nytimes.com&amp;_r=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/19\/do-kids-need-dental-x-rays\/?mabReward%3DA3%26action%3Dclick%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26region%3DCColumn%26module%3DRecommendation%26src%3Drechp%26WT.nav%3DRecEngine%26mtrref%3Dwww.nytimes.com%26_r%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1472542080047000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG3qBJ17emzks1XfMFs4COXE-fmGA\">http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/19\/do-kids-need-dental-x-rays\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular dental x-rays may only be required when the permanent teeth have grown. Children who have baby teeth will require dental x-rays only if the need arises, according to the American Dental Association. Key takeaways: Dentists should perform dental x-rays every 6-12 months for high-risk preschoolers who have had cavities in their baby teeth. Dental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do Kids Need Dental X-Rays? - The Courtyard Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecourtyardclinic.co.uk\/kids-need-dental-x-rays\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do Kids Need Dental X-Rays? - The Courtyard Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Regular dental x-rays may only be required when the permanent teeth have grown. 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