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Do Dental X-rays Cause Brain Tumors? UB Experts Available to Discuss
Release Date: April 12, 2012 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Experts from the Â鶹´«Ã½o School of Dental Medicine are available to discuss the recent study conducted by researchers at Yale School of Medicine that finds that regardless of age, those who had "bitewing" dental x-rays yearly or more frequently were at 40 - 90 percent higher risk to be diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Dean of the dental school, Michael Glick, DMD, will be on hand Friday, April 13 from 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Maureen Donley, clinical associate professor and director of radiology, UB Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, will also be available.
Both will address:
- An overview of the study
- The different kinds of dental x-rays, past and present
- Who might be at risk
- Questions to ask your dentist
To make arrangements to speak with them, contact Sara R. Saldi by email at saldi@buffalo.edu or by telephone at 716-645-4593.
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