Dental x-rays help visualize parts of the teeth and jaws that cannot be seen normally. There are different types of intra-oral and extra-oral x-rays used for various purposes like detecting decay, evaluating bone quality, and examining the jaw and salivary glands. Modern digital x-ray systems offer advantages over conventional film x-rays like reduced radiation exposure and ability to enhance images electronically.

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2. What is Dental X-Rays For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com Dental X-Rays help to view parts of teeth and supporting structures of jaws covered by gums or inside the bone and cannot be seen on clinical examination. Depending on where the X-Ray film is placed, X-Rays may be intra-oral (inside the mouth) or extra-oral ( outside the mouth). There are different types and sizes of X-Ray films used depending on the area or field of interest.

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4. Types of Intra Oral X-Rays For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com BITEWING : Enables viewing a group of upper and lower teeth together, from the crown level till supporting bone, useful for detection of decay, margins of dental fillings, determining proper prosthetic crown fitting.

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7. For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com Types of Extra Oral X-Rays PANORAMIC : Also called orthopantomographs. Enables view of all teeth in both jaws along with surrounding anatomical structures. This type of X-Ray has a wide spectrum of use, to name a few- viewing growth and development of jaws, for diagnosis and treatment planning for multidisciplinary treatment or implant placements, or for detecting jaw fractures or pathology, or temporomandibular joint disorders.

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10. For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com Types of Extra Oral X-Rays SIALOGRAPHY : Sialography is the study of salivary glands by X-Rays. This is special kind of X-Ray, possible only with injection of dyes in gland/duct to enable visualization on X-Ray.

11. For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com Different X-Ray Systems Conventional: These systems use X-Ray films which have to be developed externally to view area of interest. Digital imaging : This is a newer technique for X-Ray imaging. Also called as Radio Visuo Graphy (RVG) , this system generates digital images directly on computer screens with the help of specific software.

12. For more details visit http://www.smilecareworld.com Different X-Ray Systems The main advantages of this system over the conventional are that they eliminate the need of films since a sensor is used instead, radiation exposure time is reduced to a great extent thereby reducing radiation hazards, images can be retained without distortion, can be reproduced at any time, availability to magnify/contrast/highlight/measure area of interest with the help of software, electronic transfer/printing image is possible.

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