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What’s a little extra radiation gonna hurt — if your insurance pays for it? Study reveals dentists take many x-rays for financial incentives

You may want to pay closer attention when your dentist recommends you get an X-ray. ScienceDaily detailed the ghastly results of a major study that discovered dentists are willing to dose their patients with unnecessary X-rays if they get paid for it. Researchers from the Centre for Health Economics at the University of Yorkinvestigated the […]