Can pregnant women have X-rays taken?
A. The consensus opinion for dental X-Ray exposure in pregnant patients is that if dental treatment is to be provided during pregnancy, then radiographs required for that treatment are justified. If treatment is to be deferred until after delivery, then radiographs should also be deferred. There is no set limit for diagnostic radiation exposure of any patient. This includes dental radiation exposure and pregnant patients. It would be unreasonable to cause an important diagnostic to be missed because of some arbitrary limit on radiadtion exposure. On the other hand, it would be unreasonable too if unnecessary X-Rays are taken with no regards of the patient’s medical conditions.
