Embracing Digital X-Rays
The dental industry is swiftly adopting digital x-rays owing to their numerous benefits. Dentists can now capture images of teeth and seamlessly input them into imaging software. This software offers diverse tools enabling dentists to meticulously examine teeth and surrounding structures with remarkable precision. Furthermore, digital x-rays offer significant advantages for patients by minimizing radiation exposure by nearly 80% compared to traditional x-rays. This reduced radiation is attainable because digital x-rays are more sensitive to radiation and are purposefully designed with patient safety as a paramount concern.
Understanding the Mechanism of Digital Dental X-Rays
Utilizing a compact radiographic camera, slightly larger than a pen, enables effortless capture of tooth images, supplanting traditional film in conventional X-rays. This cutting-edge technology eradicates the necessity for chemical development or image processing. Instead, images promptly appear on a computer screen as each scan concludes, granting both providers and patients immediate access. With the flexibility to adjust the imaging wand's angle, providers can comprehensively capture every aspect of each tooth, delivering instantaneous results and obviating any waiting period.
Advantages of Digital X-Rays
- Exposes the patient to much less radiation than traditional X-rays
- Our advanced imaging technology provides superior and dependable results, allowing our Pocatello dentist to quickly identify any abnormalities in teeth, gums, and enamel, as well as tumors, cavities, and concealed dental structures.
- The gray-scale resolution of 256 colors is superior to the 16 to 25 shades found on traditional film, enabling a more precise and accurate analysis.
- The message can be rewritten as: "Images are promptly sent to a monitor for the provider to review and explain to the patient."
- Images can be enlarged, adjusted, and saved for future reference
- Enables the digital comparison of your X-rays with each other
- Reduction of waste and other harmful chemicals
