Friday, February 3, 2012

Why Digital Dental x Rays are better than normal dental x rays

Digital dental x-rays are one of the newest techniques around. They are typically the pictures of the teeth, bones, and soft tissues around them. They are mainly taken to determine problems with the mouth, teeth, and jaw. Problems, such as cavities, bone loss, and hidden dental structures (like wisdom teeth) that cannot be seen during visual examination, can be detected by taking an x-ray.
Digital dental x-rays have brought a kind of revolution in the diagnosing of your teeth and have also changed the perception of several dentists. Digital dental x-rays are any time better than normal dental x-rays as they provide precise diagnosis and better dental care than the normal ones.
Compared to other techniques, this process of digitally capturing an image is much safer, comfortable, and faster. These x-rays help the dentists in locating many problems in your teeth that can't be seen by the naked eye. Thus, digital x-rays are an important part of the procedure of dental treatment. 

Digital X-rays V/s Normal X-rays
•    The exposure to harmful radiation is reduced by 80%, as digital x-rays are more sensitive than the normal x-rays.
•    The time taken by digital image is much lesser than the normal x-rays, i.e.,    just 20 seconds to appear on the monitor.
•    Images that come on the computer screen can be enlarged and some explicit findings can be better discussed with the patient.
Dental diseases and gum diseases can be perfectly diagnosed by digital dental x-rays and there's no harmful waste also. Digital dental x-rays have gained immense popularity in India due to its low cost as compared to the US.