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In many industrial and corporate workplaces, dental clinics are located inside office buildings that use thin, lightweight, or prefabricated walls. In these settings, wall shielding might be overlooked, absent or not regularly checked. During dental imaging, especially when cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is used, scattered radiation may pass outside the dental room, reaching nearby offices or to surrounding working areas. Not only are dental staff exposed, but also other workers who are not considered radiation workers and are not routinely monitored. From this point of view, it is an occupational health perspective based on professional past experiences and published literature. It discusses how building design, wall materials, indoor scatter radiation, and environmental conditions may be overlooked factors in occupational exposure from dental radiology in industrial settings. Special attention is given to the thyroid gland because of its known sensitivity to radiation. No exposure measurements or case investigations are presented, and no causal conclusions are made. 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