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Title: Which of the following statements regarding dental radiography during pregnancy is correct?
Post by: lexxis on Jan 27, 2018
Which of the following statements regarding dental radiography during pregnancy is correct?
 
  a. It causes premature delivery.
  b. It overexposes the area of the developing fetus.
  c. It has been linked to full-term, low birth-weight infants.
  d. It creates birth defects.


Title: Which of the following statements regarding dental radiography during pregnancy is correct?
Post by: umass508 on Jan 27, 2018
c. Dental radiography during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, especially in full-term pregnancies. Whether dental radiation affects the reproductive organs directly or whether exposure of the thyroid gland affects pregnancy outcomes indirectly is not yet known.