Why do I have nose pain after dental x-rays?

I recently went to the dentist. She took a full series of mouth x-rays and almost immediately afterwards I had a kind of burning feeling *inside* of my nose from about the mid-nose all the way up to under the bridge of my nose.

I feel like my nose has been crisped, dried out and sunburned inside. It's really unpleasant but not intolerably painful. One of the x-rays she took was from the bottom of my chin and pretty much pointing directly up my nose. I can't think of anything else that would've caused this since my nose hasn't been traumatized in any other way.

Should I be concerned about the burning sensation inside my nose or should I just wait for it to subside and cancerous growths to form inside my nose ;-) ? Anyone else ever experience this?

All xray units are required to be inspected regularly, so it should be functioning correctly. It would be possible to overexpose the xrays. These would be so dark as to be unusuable: you would know that these were incorrect because they would have to be redone. The amount of radiation needed to overexpose the film is much less that the amount to burn you.

Is is possible you are allergic to latex? The personnel undoubtably wore gloves, which could be latex. Lips tingling, burning or a face rash would be common reactions. That doesn't mean the nasal passages couldn't show up as the site of the reaction.

Some of my patients have confirmed or suspected latex allergies. We use non latex products in those cases. You may want to consider that for further proceedures.

Another cause of the nose issues would be that you are instructed to breathe through your nose. If you were hyperventalating (who wouldn't with a ton of stuff gagging you?) the nasal passages will get dried out and be very irritated. That should resolve pretty quickly.

yes you should be concerned that doesnt sound normal to get burning sensation, i cant really think of a way that can be in any way normal