Dental X-ray

For your convenience, you don't have to go anywhere in order to get a dental x-ray.

With the most modern equipment we can complete and develop your x-rays all in one place.

Our up to date dental office is equipped with:

• Intraoral digital camera
• Intraoral digital radiography
• Panoramic digital radiography

Intraoral digital camera

With the help of an intraoral camera, the oral cavity can be better visualized and recorded digitally. For example, the patient is able to see the status of his or her own teeth before and after the treatment. The completed image or images can be printed out or can be transferred onto a CD.

Intraoral digital radiography is used when a panoramic radiograph is not enough or doesn't display what is expected. Usually one or two teeth are radiographed during this process.

Panoramic digital radiography

A panoramic radiograph is used when more information is needed, not just about the teeth but the temperomandibular joint and the sinus. Any abnormal changes can be visualized on the radiograph. Screening for cancer can be monitored in this manner as well.

Cephalometric radiography

This type of radiography is used in orthodontics.

Tooth abscess, screening for cancer

You might have heard that a disease or infection from the tooth can be a source of a more serious illness. The body reacts to the inflammation by forming granulation tissue in an attempt to wall off the area and limit the spread. This kind of lesion(abscess) can be painless and symptom free for years. That is why screening for these type of lesions are important because finding it in time can prevent the spread of the infection into the blood and other tissue spaces of the body(lung,liver.heart,brain,etc.). Screening can be performed with the use of an intraoral camera and radiographs. We call your attention and advise you to seek a dental professional if any changes can be noticed on your face or in the oral cavity. Prevention is the most important in these cases, ask for an appointment to get a screening.

The advantage of modern dental radiography

The image of the tooth is not captured on traditional film, but rather the image is projected on a screen of a computer to view. This allows higher quality images that can be enlarged or magnified for a better view of the tooth's structure. Digital radiography is environmentally friendly and exposes patients to much less radiation (can be used even on pregnant women if needed).

The greatest advantage of panoramic radiography is that all of the teeth can exposed on one film. For implantation precise planning can be achieved because the image shows the situation of the bone, sinus and teeth. Root canal treatment can be performed more precisely because of the high quality of the image compared to the traditional x-ray. Many times with the use of an electronic apex locator an x-ray is not always needed for the treatment.