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Digital X-Rays: 75% Reduction in Radiation

Sorkin on Digital X-Rays : Introducing digital radiography, now available at our practice. With this new technology, a digital image is taken of your mouth and downloaded into our computer system, where it is immediately available. …

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Matching Smiles to Personalities and Creating Beautiful, Natural …

Using digital X-rays the dentist has the ability to magnify, colorize, and alter the density of the image. He also uses IntraOral Cameras, which are small pen-shaped cameras that magnify every tooth and gum surface in the mouth. …

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slacker-chick: Where Am I?

(Has anyone had the new digital x-rays yet? Quick, yeah, but the contraption they shove in your mouth you practically have to be Linda Lovelace to handle it! Talk about feeling inadequate.) Finally, the dentist says that she’s worried …

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I'm Sorry, We Can't Help You « A1A South

Unfortunately, even the smallest sensors for the digital x-rays are rigid and just won’t fit into the spaces that it needs to fit into in my mouth. We tried for over an hour, then he told me that, unfortunately, he could not help me. …

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Hanson Place Orthodontics: Smile! It's Digital X-ray

Today, digital X-rays are immediately transferred into a computer. The images are enhanced and we can get a closer look at your mouth. But the best thing is that less radiation is used to produce digital X-rays . …

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SmileCary Blog: A Kinder, Gentler Trip to the Dentist

Low dose digital x-rays allow dentists to diagnose disease in the mouth while exposing the patient to less radiation than traditional x-rays. The images appear on the computer instantly so the dentist can spend time with the patient …

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Green dental office tour

Green dental office tour

Here is how we at our office attempt to have the least impact on our environment: 1 We use digital x-rays including scans of the entire jaw and individual teeth of the mouth. This reduces radiation by about 75% and reduces the caustic chemicals needed to process x-ray film that usually gets dumped down our drains and into the treatment facilities. Since we use digital x-ray sensors, potentially harmful lead lined film packets are also eliminated. 2. We are paperless and chartless meaning …

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