What are the advantages of digital dental radiography? Am I exposed to more or less radiation?
There is a strong movement away from conventional dental radiography towards digital. Digital radiography has many doctor/patient advantages such as the immediacy of image observation, easy digital storage and retrieval, ability to enhance the image for better diagnostic purposes, ability to transmit images electronically to any desired recipient, and, most importantly, all this with a reduction in radiation to the patients. Until recently, all in-office dental radiography has been two dimensional. In-office, three dimensional, digital, CT scan radiography is now available in some offices, further enhancing doctors’ diagnostic abilities. EMA – On the forefront of this technology with one of the area’s first 3D CT dental scanners, the I-CAT.
Digital radiography gives a many advantages such as the immediacy of image observation, clinical advantage, scan and many more. It has an ability to enhance images & gives a better solution on it.
• Less radiation
• More efficient data storage
