Dental X Ray

Dental X-rays can help your dentist detect oral health issues, like cavities and gum disease before they worsen. Dental X-rays are essential to diagnose a wide range of oral health issues.

Dental X-Rays Show :

• Cavities, especially small areas of decay between teeth.
• Decay beneath existing fillings.
• Bone loss in your jaw.
• Areas of infection.
• The position of unerupted or impacted teeth.
• Abscessed teeth (infection at the root of your tooth or between your gums and your tooth).
• Cysts and some types of tumors.
• Dentists also use X-rays to help determine your eligibility for treatments like dental implants, braces, or dentures. X-rays help to check healing after certain procedures, too, such as dental bone grafts and root canal therapy.
• For Intraoral Imaging, we use  Radiovisiography ie  RVG  which is the latest X-ray technology in dentistry. A high-quality digital image of root structures and bones can be obtained immediately. As compared to the conventional X-ray there is reduced radiation exposure to the patient.
• For Extraoral Imaging, we use ortho Panto Gram ie OPG. Generally recommended for full mouth cases. OPG is commonly used to diagnose teeth impaction, fractures, dislocation, infection, tumors, and sinuses. Recommended in patients with severe gag during placement of RVG sensor. It can be used for diagnostic purposes. For dental implant planning, OPG is advisable compared to RVG as the entire bone structure and nerve pathway can be assessed and implant placements can be done accordingly. Effective doses are 4-30 micro SV.