If you are looking for a dentist or orthodontist with a modern approach to dentistry, come visit El Segundo Modern Dentistry & Orthodontics. We pride ourselves on using the latest technologies such as digital X-rays to support our patients’ oral health.
In order to get an accurate picture of what’s going on inside of your mouth, we need to take X-rays to view the internals of your teeth and jaw. At El Segundo Modern Dentistry & Orthodontics, we now use digital X-rays instead of traditional X-rays to accomplish this.
Digital X-rays aka dental radiographs are a way to take a picture of the insides of your teeth. Like X-rays, they take a see-through image of your mouth. However, digital X-rays use digital technology to take the pictures and leverage computerized image storage instead of traditional photographic film.
Digital X-rays are a great advancement over traditional X-rays. Traditional X-rays require chemicals and paper in order to produce the images. Unfortunately, these materials can actually impact the environment negatively as well as take up space in dental offices.
Conversely, digital X-rays are taken digitally. That means when the pictures are taken, they are immediately stored in the computer in a digital file. No harsh chemicals are needed in order to develop the digital images, and they also don’t need to be stored in special filing cabinets like large X-rays on paper.
Digital X-rays can be accessed via computer and also more easily manipulated. They can be viewed from different angles, zoomed in, and highlighted in order to identify potential problem areas of the teeth. We can view the digital X-rays on a large video screen, which helps us to easily visualize the best solutions for your teeth.
Digital X-rays are very safe and in fact are much safer than traditional dental X-rays. This is because digital X-rays use significantly less radiation than traditional X-rays in order to obtain the see-through image.
Digital X-rays are a critical part of our dental and orthodontic practice. In fact, they make most of what we do possible. We need to see what is going on inside the teeth in order to fully diagnose and treat common dental problems such as cavities.
Digital X-rays help us to identify cavities as well as teeth that are at high risk of getting cavities. This ability obviously can help us prevent cavity formation in the future.
We can also use digital X-rays to see what is happening underneath the gumline. So, for example, with children we can get an idea of how the permanent teeth are coming in and provide appropriate orthodontic support if there is an issue.
With digital X-rays, we can also identify impacted teeth, which can help guide us in treating and extracting them. Digital X-rays can also pinpoint areas of infection and also other issues such as tooth fractures.
Given how critical digital X-rays are as a preventative oral health tool, the cost is usually kept quite reasonable. Digital X-rays are often incorporated into the cost of your preventative treatments, and the good news is, preventative treatments are often covered whole or in part by most dental insurance companies. El Segundo Modern Dentistry & Orthodontics also offers affordable payment plans.
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