All About Digital Dental X-Rays
Dentists take x-rays — also called radiographs — to obtain images of the inside of your teeth and gums. Those x-rays will help your dentist in Richmond Hill to identify issues that could be affecting your oral health even though you can’t see them. X-rays help dentists identify cracks, fractures, cavities, tooth decay, teeth that are developing below your gums and even impacted teeth. How do traditional x-rays work? Traditional x-ray technology first emerged in 1895 when a German physicist named Wilhelm Roentgen took the first radiograph of his wife’s hand. Modern (but not digital) x-ray technology works by projecting a stream of electromagnetic radiation that interacts with an anode in an x-ray tube. That interaction produces “x-rays” that are targeted specifically at the part of the body being examined. When the x-rays contact the tissues, they create an image on metal film. The softest tissues in your body don’t generate an image because the x-rays aren’t absorbed by those tissues. ...