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Xray or OPG??

  • 28-04-2016 10:51am
    #1
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭


    Hope somebody can advise. I went for an examination the other day on my once yearly prsi. They done and xray which cost me 50 euro. I have since been told that the xray should have been included on prsi. I have queried this with the dentist and they said it wasn't an xray I got rather an opg I think they said. A whole mouth scan. Are they fobbing me off? I placed my mouth on the rest and the scanner went around my head. Is this an xray or a more advanced test which would incur payment?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,638 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    PRSI only covers an examination which inlcudes intra-oral x-rays. OPG scans are extra-oral.


  • #3
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    Asked and answered in the medical card thread but yes an OPG is NOT included in the PRSI examination. Small inside the mouth xrays called bitewings are included.


  • #4
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Cheers thanks very much.


  • #5
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    On a side note the big X-ray is super useful for the dentist, and allows them to identify a number of issues that would not be obvious or even seen on most intra-oral X-rays. Well spent 50 euro there.


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