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cosmetic dentistry_ beauty & science International Edition

_When digital dental radiography was first introduced in the late 1980s, conventional X-rays had been in use for almost a century. The radio- graph had, over the years, expanded the dentist’s investigative capacity in many ways; it was pos- sible to confirm health, or to detect disease, in many previously invisible areas of concern to the profession, including coronally, pariapically, and periodontally. Visual access, complemented by radiographic interpretation, provided a compre- hensiveenvironmentforearlierandmoreaccurate diagnosis. _Advantages of digital radiography For the practitioner, the lost production of the conventional X-ray’s developing downtime (5 to 10 minutes) has always been a very costly break in the production day. The virtually immediate com- puter-generatedradiographicimageeliminatesthis irritating issue. For the dental team, the elimination ofthedarkroom,itschemicals,solutionreplenishment routines, foul odours, and increasingly complicated environmental liabilities are welcome changes. Modern digital radiographic systems today providehighlyaccurateandclinicallyrelevantdiag- nosticinformation.Theirmanyadvantagesinclude: virtually immediate results, clinical accuracy, ex- panded diagnostic options, decreased patient radi- ation,convenientdatastorageandcommunication, ease of clinical use by auxiliaries, decreased con- sumablecosts,andamoreenvironmentallyfriendly profile. _Digital radiography options Several categories of innovative dental radi- ographic imaging technologies have been intro- I technology _ dental radiography Fig. 1_Wireless digital sensor technology is the most popular digital radiography process worldwide. Fig. 2_Wired chip sensors with bitewing images. Fig. 3_The PSP sensor is quite pliable and has a reasonable flex upon insertion into the mouth. 40 I cosmeticdentistry 1_2015 Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Wireless digital sensors Author_Dr George Freedman, Canada CDE0115_40-43_Freedman 26.02.15 10:39 Seite 1 CDE0115_40-43_Freedman 26.02.1510:39 Seite 1

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