Can dental x rays cause brain Tumors in children?

Our family went to our normally scheduled pediatric dentist appointment today at Dr. J's office in Wake Forest, NC to get our children's teeth cleaned. We have always been advocates of no radiation on children except when absolutely unavoidable. That's just how we roll. We make every stride possible in our family to protect our children from the toxins in our environment- seen and unseen. After much research, we have even replaced our microwave with a convection oven! The recent study that came out this year linking the increased possibility of brain Tumors to increased exposure to dental x rays only confirms our thoughts. You can read the article here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/GMAHealth/brain-tumors-dental-rays/t/story?id=16101200 Notice who headed up the study- a neurosurgeon. A Brain doctor not a tooth doctor. Many streamline dentists are enraged over the study results because it messes up their process, it messes up the way they have been taught to care for teeth. Yet, what we have to keep in mind is it's TEETH not the BRAIN. But dentists are there to care for your teeth, and that's it. Many do not care about the whole person. Many dentists do not care about the effects (even small accumulated effects) their equipment could have on your child's brain. We have always been pressured at this office to give our children X-rays, but this visit I will never forget. Not only were we pressured to give X-rays to our 4 and 5 year old (who both have no visible reason to have x rays, have never had a cavity, have never even eaten candy, and do not drink juice)...we were actually dismissed from the office that day (without our children being seen) after declining X-rays on our children. Yes, we were refused service. I was first pulled into a private "side room" and a lead tech tried to convince me that x rays aren't that bad and gave me a paper about how reading books for 3 hours can give your child radiation. Ok, REALLY? The thing is, I don't hold books on top of my daughter's head for three hours every day so I can localize that exposure to her brain. And yes, airplanes expose us to radiation too which is concerning as well. But all the more reason to refuse an area of radiation that is not of unavoidable importance. If I can't lessen airplane exposure then all the more reason to limit it where I can. It's not a competition of "but dental X-rays have less radiation than THIS." It's a realization that every bit of exposure counts toward a negative effect on your child's brain...especially exposure localized to the face and head. My husband and I can not, in faith, subject our children to radiation at such a young age without good reason. And a simple "checking" for a "possibility" of cavities in between the teeth when the child has a close to perfect dental history is not a good enough a reason for us. Dentists care about teeth, but a mommy cares about the whole child...about his teeth, brain, ears, eyes...yes, the whole child. We can not, as moms, control every little thing in our child's environment. People often shrug me off or sarcastically roll their eyes at my research. They excuse my advocacy (for a child's physicl purity and toxic free living) with the phrase, "well we can't control everything, we just have to trust God with our kids." YES. I agree wholeheartedly. We can't control it all, we MUST trust God with our children, and we must not give in to anxiety when we realize how much is out of our control. YET we also MUST NOT use that phrase "we can't control every little thing" as an excuse not to educate ourselves and try, with all our might, to protect our children from what we CAN know and what we CAN change. Bit by bit, as finances allow, we can change one thing at a time. Advocacy for toxic free living is NOT binding- it is freeing! It is freeing for me to know that the the laundry detergent I use has little impact on my child's Immunotoxicity. It is freeing for me to know that I can make a cheaper hand soap that is not antibacterial and enables my children to absorb proper bacteria so their little bodies can learn to fight off sickness. It is freeing to know that I can do something as simple as add plants to my house to absorb unknown toxins in my air, clean with borax instead of comet, and vacuum more often to rid my house of dust. Knowing these things causes me less anxiety not more. There is no way possible I can keep up with what chemicals Graco is putting in their car seats, pack n plays, and baby swings. But I can try. And for this mom, the three tiny precious faces that greet me each morning are worth every bit of effort. You don't have to agree with me on any of these points. But let's at least agree to come together as moms and respect each other for our efforts to protect and love our children- whatever that looks like in your family or mine.