Digital X-ray is now one of the most important components of modern and minimally invasive dentistry and, in addition to a detailed personal consultation and visual examination of the oral cavity (teeth, tongue and gums), is part of a complete assessment.
Why can good X-rays be crucial?
The reason is that not all areas of the mouth can be examined by a visual test. For example, the dentist cannot look into the interdental spaces, into a tooth itself, or into the jawbone in which the tooth roots are located. In order to obtain conclusive certainty about the health status of these areas, the dentist has the option of comprehensively examining his patients in the gentlest way possible with the help of digital X-ray technology.
Digital X-ray in Cologne - Imaging procedure with many advantages
Digital X-ray is an imaging procedure in which, in contrast to conventional X-ray film, a special digital storage foil is exposed.
Digital technology offers numerous advantages:
- The dentist receives a digitized dental image within seconds, which he can immediately use to assess the dental status and discuss with the patient and colleagues.
- Digital X-rays have a higher image quality than conventional images and depict tooth and bone structures excellently. In addition, they can be immediately post-processed in the computer and brightness and contrast can be easily adjusted. In this way, they support a fast and accurate diagnosis.
- The digital images can be easily passed on to patients, co-therapists and follow-up therapists; cumbersome and poor-quality copies are a thing of the past.
- Digital technology protects the environment: Analog X-ray films and, above all, the corresponding developing chemicals, as were necessary for conventional X-rays, are completely eliminated. In this way, the use of digital X-ray technology makes an important contribution to the protection and preservation of a healthy environment.
- An unbeatable advantage of digital X-ray technology is the radiation exposure reduced by up to 90 percent compared to classic analog technology.
The advanced digital X-ray technology thus offers us, thanks to the increased depth of detail compared to conventional X-rays, a significantly higher level of planning reliability.
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