Question

Jayden has been asked to wear a protective vest while his dentist takes an X-ray. Why is this?

Answer 1

The protective vest keeps some Radioactive particles from hitting out body, as the X-ray uses radiation to project our bones onto a screen, etc. It helps, but also hurts. (Not physically hurting.)

Answer 2

X-rays are types of electromagnetic radiation that is performed to take images inside the human body. A protective vest functions as a radiation shield. The vest is in the shape of a hospital apron, and it is made up of an outer thin rubber, and an inner lead. Wearing a protective vest during an x-ray helps to reduce the exposure of the patient’s vital organs to ionizing radiation.