Digital radiographs, commonly known as x-rays, are a vital diagnostic and assessment tool for dentists. We offer modern digital x-rays at our practice, both for your convenience and for efficiency of treatment.
In the past, dental x-rays were captured using a film process similar to an analog photograph. With the advent of digital imaging, computerized radiography has become the dental industry standard. Digital x-rays require up to 90% less radiation than conventional film-type x-rays, which were already fairly low risk to begin with. Instead of using the traditional silver-oxide x-ray film, which must be developed and then fixed in caustic and environmentally damaging solutions, the new system takes pictures via a small electronic sensor.
While there are several types of dental x-rays (including periapical & full-mouth), the most common kind of dental x-rays are called bite-wing x-rays, based on the wing shape of the films that were once used.
These x-rays are done while you’re in the dental chair and capture an image of several teeth at a time, roots included. A dental team member will place a sensor in a certain part of your mouth and ask you to bite down while they aim a tube-shaped device at your face. This is the x-ray emitter, which sends the x-rays through your tissues and onto the sensor in your mouth. No light or heat will come from the emitter. There is usually no discomfort associated with getting dental x-rays.
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