Digital radiology:
Excellent imaging with a minimum of radiation
Clear imaging of the jaws and facial bones is an essential component for assessing teeth, jaws and adjacent structures.
However, X-ray radiation exposes the patient to ionizing radiation that is dangerous, especially for children and adolescents.
In light of this, our clinic is equipped with advanced technology that enables us to perform imaging with minimal radiation using digital radiology.
This method reduces both the area exposed to the hazardous rays and the dose required to obtain the image.
Oral surgery usually uses two types of X-rays: panoramic and city.
(MRI imaging, ultrasound, isotopes, PET CT, or dental x-rays are also required infrequently).
The panoramic photography as its name implies. It allows a panoramic view of the jaws, and can be used to diagnose most pathologies within the bone, inclination of trapped teeth, as well as the location and anatomical location of various structures such as the nose, sinuses and jaw nerve.
The use of a digital X-ray machine for panoramic photography reduces radiation exposure to a minimum, and in many cases it will be possible to plan the treatment based on this photography alone.
In addition, panoramic photography is used to monitor certain conditions over time.
Still, the panoramic has one major drawback in that it only provides a two-dimensional image.
Cone Beam Computer Tomography or CBCT is a revolution in radiology of the facial bones.
This photograph is used to evaluate the bone in three dimensions while exposing the subject to minimal radiation. In addition, with the help of the machine in our clinic, it is possible to pre-define the area exposed for photography and thus minimize unnecessary radiation outside the area required for examination.
In conclusion, the use of a modern imaging machine allows accurate planning of the radiation dose simultaneously with limited exposure of the radiation field, thus enabling high-resolution imaging with minimal exposure to ionizing radiation.
Digital X-ray has many benefits:
Reduced radiation can be used
The photo can be reduced to the test area
There is an option to enhance and sharpen the photo
Immediate display of the test
Green technology - no chemical processing required