I wish I had more thoroughly researched this before now. My son is due have a head ct tomorrow due to some significant orthodontic treatment he is due to have and the fact they want to make sure they don't hit nerves etc when extracting teeth. I have just started looking at this ( mainly because I wanted to make sure I had told him correctly about having dye inserted) and am horrified to read about radiation risk from head ct ("highest radiation risk") and increased leukaemia risk etc. Anyone knowledgeable about this on here? Are there any alternatives to this or does anyone think ct may be unnecessary? Thanks very much.
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Radiation? 10 year old son due to have head ct tomorrow - should I pull out?
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fredfortoday · 02/09/2016 21:25
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