Monday, June 8, 2009

Digital Dental X-Rays

Digital dental X-rays allow dentists to more accurately diagnose tooth problems than the film x-rays traditionally used in the past. Digital dental X-rays are taken with a radiography system that captures an image of your teeth and sends it to a full-color computer monitor. This gives you the ability to see a live, close-up video feed of your own teeth. Your dentist can examine your mouth very carefully and point out findings as he or she goes along. There is never any need to wait for images to develop, and the procedure can be completed in one session in the dental chair.

Digital dental X-rays look very much like standard X-rays, but they are 400 percent bigger. Digital radiography is computer controlled, so the dentist is able to operate the system by moving and clicking on a mouse. A single tooth can be enlarged, and its image rotated, sharpened, and colorized. The dentist can even print out these color images so you can take them home to consider treatment options for your condition.

To dentist uses a small, flat sensor in your mouth to take digital dental X-rays. This sensor is connected to the computer through a thin wire. An X-ray beam is sent through your teeth into the sensor, which then records an image of your teeth and feeds it back to the computer. Because the sensor can be easily moved, the dentist can position it anywhere in your mouth to take fine-resolution images of your teeth.

Digital dental X-rays take much less time than standard X-rays because there is no need to develop film. They are also much safer for you because he the digital system uses only 10 percent as many X-rays as film requires. This means you are exposed to far less radiation when you come into our office for digital radiography, and this added health benefit is another plus added to the excellent diagnostic capabilities of the system and the time-saving factor that it represents to busy professionals on the move

The super-large images that can then be colorized and printed are additional advantages to using radiography. Digital dental X-rays let you see what the dentist sees so you can better make decisions and participate in your own dental care proactively. You do not have to pay for the cost of photography when you use this service, either. Everything is computerized, and there is are no toxic biohazards or wastes created by radiography.

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