There is such a thing as bad X-rays. They will not show small features like cracks that are there. I had this happen with a cracked foot bone. The specialist doctor took one look at the X-ray films sent from the original office and said "These are terrible X-rays" and had a new one taken. I still didn't see the crack until he pointed it out, it was visible on the new X-ray but not the old one. To me as an admitted layperson taking a quick over the shoulder look they looked the same -- you know, bones.get the x-rays first as I don't want to redo them.
Dental X-rays are all digital now and cost very little to take. My dentist will have the assistant X-ray problem areas as necessary and doesn't charge extra for the X-rays.
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