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    Had an endodontic procedure very early in first pregnancy, looking for reassurance (X-rays, local anesthesia w/ epi, sodium hypo, etc.)

    @neilfern Interestingly, the lower energy the radiation, the less likely it is to scatter. Lower energies tend to just get absorbed instead. This is even more true in high density materials like lead - you need seriously high energy (higher than any diagnostic unit can even make at the tube)...
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    Had an endodontic procedure very early in first pregnancy, looking for reassurance (X-rays, local anesthesia w/ epi, sodium hypo, etc.)

    @neilfern Agree to all of this with a couple additions: The risk for fetal abnormalities/birth defects only becomes detectable at 0.1 Gy of radiation. That sounds small, but it would take over 10,000 dental xrays directed straight at the uterus to achieve that (that's actually true, that's not...
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