We encourage you to use the color photo atlas section of our dental education center. Please select a topic to your right to view color photopgraphs taken by Dr. Bowyer. To enlarge the photo, simply click on it. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us with our online email form. We look forward to serving the dental needs of you and your family.
What are Dental X-Rays? Dental X-Rays How do X-Rays Help? Dental x-rays or radiographs are very important. They allow the dentist to see things about your oral health that cannot be seen by the naked eye. These items include cysts (sacks of fluid that form on the roots of teeth), cancerous and non-cancerous tumors, invisible decay that occurs between teeth, and the location of teeth that haven't grown all the way in. By using an x-ray to diagnose these problems, we can help save you money in the long run from surgeries or other treatments that might become necessary if we didn't find the problem. In some cases, where dental x-rays show the location of tumorous growths, x-rays can be responsible for saving your life. Are Dental X-Rays Safe? Modern dental x-ray machines are very safe. We use only state-of-the-art, low radiation machines. The amount of radiation exposure your body receives on an airplane flight from Los Angeles to New York exceeds the amount of exposure you will receive from a modern dental x-ray machine. Contrast this minimal exposure with the risk of not finding an illness until it is too late, and you can see why we prescribe regular diagnostic x-rays. |