Digital x-rays have been adopted by a high percentage of dental offices. A digital x-ray allows the dentist to take an image of the teeth and put it into an imaging program. Within this imaging program, there are a number of tools that will allow the dentist to take a very close look at the teeth and surrounding structures with amazing accuracy. As a benefit to the patient, the digital x-ray also provides less radiation than a standard x-ray. This is due to the fact that the digital version of the x-ray is much more sensitive to this radiation and has been specifically designed to reduce radiation.
In the case of internal fracture lines (cracks), they will often show on photographs, not x-ray, taken with an intraoral camera.
Digital x-rays can also be easily emailed to any dentist, anywhere in the world. X-rays are the property of the dentist who takes them. The patient is entitled, by the State Board of Dental Examiners, to be provided a copy of his or hers x-rays,either electronically or on paper.The most accurate method is electronic ( by computer) rather than on paper, which can be impossible to read. The dentist is permitted to charge for an x-ray film copy. We never charge a patient and will email any x-ray, anywhere, at anytime, to any dentist or patient.
