Posted by Jean-2 on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/X-rays-tp1540527p1540548.html

I'll ask my dentist, cause he told me to come and see him, like after
a few months. I'm sure he will tell me he really needs a panoramic
though. So I'm reluctant to it, I might wait a couple of months more
before returning.

It's great your dentist has a cavitat machine. In France I don't
think dentists have such a thing right now. So, yes, I'm gonna
ask/beg on my knees, 'please, other way than the X-ray panoramic ?'

Also it's interesting what you say about the drill and so on, cause
usually I don't like that either.  

jean.



--- In [hidden email], "Ian Kemp" <ianandsue.kemp@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, the big question is whether the benefits that you and the
dentist get
> from the X-ray compensate for the pain/depression you suffer as a
result.
> Obviously routine X-rays "just for the sake of it", as dentists
normally do
> during routine checkups, are not worth it for people who do react
to X-rays
> and are best avoided. However, if your dentist wants to make sure
that a
> key operation turned out OK and whether anything else needs doing,
it might
> be worth it. It's your judgement - no doubt you've already talked
it over
> with him to see how important he feels it is to get the info.
>
> As for ultrasound - it depends how it is generated, and although it
is a
> different type of wave, it could again possibly affect someone with
ES if
> they are susceptible to that particular frequency. The Cavitat
machine uses
> ultrasound. However, this is generated by putting high-frequency
vibrations
> into the bone, and when the dentist discussed Sue's condition with
us, he
> didn't feel confident that it wouldn't cause her ill-effects, since
her main
> ES symptom is tinnitus/buzzing in the head. So, although he has a
Cavitat
> and would normally prefer to use it, we agreed to settle for a
panoramic
> X-ray instead. He also did a preliminary exploratory probe on the
site to
> verify that there was a cavity there. Together these gave him
enough
> information to do the operation successfully. Sue recovered well
and the
> biggest problems were from the noise and vibration of the drill
inside her
> jaw, which increased her tinnitus a lot, but it wore off again in a
couple
> of days. So the net result was definitely positive.
>
> Ian
>
>  
>