Will having a face piercing affect dental x-rays?

I am contemplating on getting my nostril pierced, just a tiny one, and I want to do it soon as possible. See the problem is I have problems with TMJ and have to either get braces or my wisdom teeth out, both will envolve x-rays. Will the dentist let me keep my peircing in if I tell him it's new and will close up and will it affect the x-rays a lot? Also I have one set of x-rays they could use.

Piercings don't really affect the quality of the x-ray, they just show up and look kind of funny. At the office where I work we just ask people to take them out, but if they aren't able to for whatever reason it isn't a big deal. We can see the piercing so we know when it shows up on the x-ray what it is, and aren't puzzled with the strange object! So, either way, you should be fine.

I dont have a problem with it at my dentist

It shouldn't as they won't be xraying your nose, just your jaw and teeth.

And even if they did ask you to take it out, you can take it out for the minute or so they need you to and then put it back in without affecting the hole.

My tongue piercing came out in my dental Xrays and it looked so funny but it didnt mess up the xray so ..maybe it depends on where the piercing is at.Some dentists make you take out tongue piercings..but my dental assistant didnt know.

Nose rings usually don't affect x rays, tounge and lip rings do.

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