u/penguin2590

I’ve practiced in New York, California and Nevada and FMX+pano were standard on all new patients. Nevada was particularly stringent on this. Recently started a job at a DSO in TX who has told me no patient gets FMX - it’s just four BW, four anterior PA and a pano. The told me they got the ‘blessing of the board.’

Is Texas actually super lax on X-rays? They seem over the top about assistant duties, nitrous, etc. I’m honestly not comfortable diagnosing without FMX, there are a lot of details lost on a pano.

Edit - is NO FMX EVER even on active disease/caries/perio patients ‘blessed’ by the board? I get no fmx on healthy low risk patients.