What radiation dose do I receive during an investigation?

The amount of radiation received is measured in units of “rem” or “sievert”.
Normally, our body is exposed daily to radiation from various natural sources (atmospheric, cosmic, internal, and terrestrial radiation) or artificial sources (microwave ovens, TVs, monitors, mobile phones, etc.).

Below you can see a comparative table of different types of radiological procedures and the radiation doses received naturally on a daily basis. Most medical or dental procedures involve risks, as well as benefits, and dental tomography is no exception.
The major real benefit is that the surgical procedure of implant placement can be precisely planned on a computerbefore the actual surgery takes place. The effective radiation dose from a dental CT scan should not exceed 0.5 mSv per arch, and is in fact less than 0.3 mSv per arch when using the most modern equipment.

There has been much discussion about the radiation dose delivered by certain medical procedures. This varies from patient to patient (depending on age and sex).
To put things into perspective, every person receives about 2.2 mSv of natural background radiation from the ground annually, meaning that the radiation from a CT scan is equivalent to less than 3 months of natural ground radiation.
In other words, the radiation dose from a single CT investigation will, in any case, be absorbed naturally over the next few months from the environment.

Effective doses absorbed through various radiological procedures: