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Digital X-Rays To Analyze Your Teeth
Before deciding which teeth whitening procedure would be best for you, a dentist must analyze the health of your gums and teeth. In some cases, he may use digital x-rays.
The technology of x-rays is not new. The X-ray was discovered in 1895 by a German scientist, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. X-rays are beams of electrons that can pass through thin materials such as paper and textile. But it cannot pass through materials such as stone, metal, and bones. X-rays are used during the annual routine health check-up or when a doctor suspects and wants to confirm a fracture of a bone after an accident. And now, x-rays can also be used in the field of dentistry.
Similar to many other uses of x-rays, the use of x-rays in dentistry is diagnostic. Dental x-rays are utilized to find out if there is a disease under dental restorations or between teeth, or in the jawbone. Diseases in such locations are difficult to detect visually and may just go unnoticed until the diseases have spread and infected the easily seen parts of the teeth. With dental x-rays, dental disorders can be discovered at their early stages.
Unlike usual x-ray procedures, there is no cumbersome x-ray film. Instead another sensor, either a dental plate or a video sensor, is utilized. The sensor is then linked to either a laser scanner or a computer. Then the image of the teeth, as created by the x-rays, will be processed by the computer program and then projected to or seen in the monitor or screen. This is why dental x-rays are also called digital x-rays.
For those who are worried about the side effects of radiation, dental x-rays are actually safer than regular x-rays. The amount of radiation dosage for dental use is radically lower than the usual x-rays. Dentists estimate dental digital x-rays to be about 40% to 60% lower. Digital x-rays are also regarded as remarkably accurate and clear. This means that there will be no need to be x-rayed again and again. At the same, the results of a digital x-ray can be processed immediately and the patient need not set another dental appointment. After only several minutes, the patient and his dentist can analyze and talk over the findings of this new dental procedure. This will save both parties some precious time.
Children are also relatively safe when dental digital x-rays are used on them. This is again due to the diminished radiation dose. Some dentists, though, are still cautious about using digital x-rays on children’s oral cavity.
Digital x-rays also provide dentists another benefit. It is a convenient
way of storing and retrieving x-ray images of their patients’ teeth.
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