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It has been claimed by the researchers that repeated dental x-rays raises the risk of having thyroid cancer.
It has been stated by the researchers from Brighton, Cambridge (England) and Kuwait that thyroid cancer risk elevates with an increase in the number of dental x-rays. This finding was cited in the medical journal Acta Oncologica.
According to the reports, rates of thyroid cancer have doubled from 1.4 per 100,000 in 1975 to 2.9 per 100,000 in 2006 in the UK, as the patients take up more and more number of dental x-rays.
The researchers say that many other factors can also be resulting in the increase of thyroid cancer cases. The sensitive diagnostic techniques cannot be solely blamed. For confirming the exact effect of such techniques on cancer, further research is required.
The research was headed by Dr. Anjum Memon, Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Public Health Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
This was a combined research conducted by Brighton and Sussex universities and NHS (National Health Service) Brighton and Hove.
It is known that the thyroid gland gets exposed to radiation from many dental x-rays. Thyroid gland is sensitive to ionizing radiation in children especially. The research points out to the potential risks that dental radiography often causes to thyroid gland.
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