Dental X-rays
Dental X-rays provide the dentist important information he wouldn’t be able to get otherwise. X-rays show the dentist where cavities and decay are, reveal nerves, roots, or crooked teeth, and also the location of the patient’s wisdom teeth, bone loss, cysts, tumors and supernumerary teeth.
They are put to use on a regular basis in most dental practices, and X-ray equipment is found in virtually every office.
When getting X-rays the patient will be instructed to wear a lead vest. Typically there is not enough radiation produced to cause much of a concern for the patient. Many states have strict guidelines about dental X-ray equipment and procedures, which require professionals to use the least amount of levels possible in order to obtain high-quality images.
Do people typically have routine dental X-rays? In order to prevent dental decay, it is federally recommended for all people to have X-rays. It is recommended by the FDA to get dental X-rays on a yearly basis if a person is at risk for to tooth decay.
The film plates previously used are now becoming unnecessary with the recent technology of digital radiography. This new equipment records electronic images of the patient’s teeth using a significantly lower amount of radiation and replaces bulky folders with a computer hard drive.
X-ray results can be greatly distorted by any piercings a patient may have.
Investigations performed by your dentist includes many different styles of X-rays. Each type of X-ray concentrates on a different region of the mouth like the jaws, the palate, sinuses and the nasal passages. Evaluation of many different mouth areas can be completed with this procedure.