Dental technology continues to improve, providing safer and more efficient methods for diagnosing and treating patients. Digital radiography is one such example that offers patients a much safer way of having dental x-rays taken, without the high exposure of radiation that conventional x-rays emit. As well as digital x-rays offering an extremely safer method of imaging patients teeth, additional advantages include immediate observation of the x-rays, the ability to enhance the images, easy electronic storing of the data and the ability to send x-rays to other dentists and specialists for quick consultations.

 

Significant Reduction in Radiation Exposure
Digital x-rays offer patients a safer mode of obtaining images needed for diagnosing ortho problems. With digital radiography, radiation emitted is approximately 90% less than conventional dental x-rays and when multiple images are taken, radiation exposure is about the same as one x-ray taken using conventional x-ray methods. This offers not only patients requiring a single x-ray, but those who need several images taken as when TMJ records are done, there is a significant reduction in radiation exposure