Digital and Panoramic Dental X-Rays
To provide you with the best possible care, it is essential for our dentist to accurately evaluate and diagnose your oral health utilizing state-of-the-art panoramic or digital X-rays.
Digital Dental X-Rays
Digital radiography has changed the way we take dental X-rays by making the process faster, more comfortable, and more convenient than ever before. Unlike a traditional X-ray which uses film, digital X-rays use a digital sensor to image your teeth. Digital x-rays use significantly less radiation than conventional film and require no chemicals for development. Our dentist can instantly view the high-quality images on monitors while in the treatment room to provide you with efficient, accurate diagnoses and care.
Our team is able to use digital radiography to identify and diagnose several types of dental problems, such as:
- Decay in between teeth.
- Developmental abnormalities.
- Improper tooth root positioning.
- Cysts and abscesses.
- Fractures in existing fillings.
- Tumors.
- Infection in the tooth nerves.
- Bone loss.
Panoramic Dental X-Rays
While standard X-rays provide us with a view of a few teeth and the supporting bone structure, a panoramic X-ray allows us to view the full upper and lower dental arches — including all the teeth, the upper and lower jawbones, and the surrounding facial structures. Using a panoramic X-ray, our oral health professionals can:
- Assess the need for orthodontics and evaluate the progress of treatment.
- Diagnose impacted wisdom teeth and other impacted teeth.
- Analyze the development of periodontal disease.
- Evaluate the TMJ (jaw joint) and diagnose a TMJ disorder.
- Detect oral cancer.
- Plan dental implant placement.
- Diagnose cavities (tooth decay) and other dental problems.
- Evaluate the extent of dental or facial trauma.
- Detect abscesses, cysts, and tumors.
- Accurately see the position of malpositioned teeth for better treatment planning.
- Accurately see the position of malpositioned teeth for better treatment planning.
- Visualize the size, location, and extent of a dental abscess or other pathology.
We invite you to call or visit us today to learn more about panoramic and digital X-rays.
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