Digital X-rays

What are digital X-rays?

Digital X-rays are a safer and more convenient alternative to traditional X-rays. The images of the inside of your teeth, gums, and jawbone are available for evaluation almost immediately.

Digital X-rays provide a clear, high-resolution view of your teeth, jawbone, tooth roots, and tissue. The doctors at Compassionate Endodontists New York/NYC can easily show you the image on a computer screen and point out a dental problem so you can see and understand the issue as well as possible solutions.

What are the benefits of digital X-rays?

Digital X-rays reduce your exposure to radiation by 90%. There’s no need for chemicals for film development, and the films don’t need to be stored as a “hard” copy.

The team at Compassionate Endodontists New York/NYC can easily share your digital images with specialists, if necessary, and the images can be easily referenced over time. 

Why would I need digital X-rays?

Digital X-rays give the doctors at Compassionate Endodontists New York/NYC important information about your oral health. He may need a digital X-ray to:

• Check the status of developing teeth
• Monitor your tooth and bone health
• Detect cavities
• Find impacted teeth
• Monitor your jaw growth and development

Digital X-rays can also identify possible problems that exist between your teeth, jaws, and other facial bones.

How are digital X-rays obtained?

When your technician takes digital X-rays, they may take them from the inside or the outside of your mouth. Compassionate Endodontists New York/NYC uses three methods to take digital images:

Direct method

With the direct method, an electronic sensor is placed in your mouth to record images.

Indirect method

Your technician uses an X-ray film scanner to view traditional dental X-rays as dental images.

Semi-indirect method

Your technician combines sensor and scanner technologies to convert X-rays into digital film.

What are the types of digital X-rays?

The type of digital X-ray you get depends on your oral health and what Dr. Kaplan is hoping to see.

Bitewing X-rays

With this type of X-ray, you bite down on film, and the image shows details of your upper and lower teeth in the area being X-rayed. The doctors can see from the top of your tooth’s crown to the supporting bone.

They use these X-rays to detect decay between your teeth and changes in bone density that may be due to gum disease. Bitewing X-rays also help the team at Compassionate Endodontists New York/NYC determine the fit of restorations, like dental crowns.

Periapical X-rays 

This type of X-ray shows the whole tooth from the crown to beyond the root tips to the supporting bone in one area of either your upper or lower jaw. They use periapical X-rays to identify the bone structure or root structure irregularities. This X-ray helps him diagnose the extent of advanced gum disease, abscesses, and bone loss. 

To find out more about the digital X-rays available at the Midtown West office of Compassionate Endodontics New York/NYC, call the office today or use the online tool to schedule a consultation.