Cone Beam Imaging: The New and Safer Dental CT Scanning Technology

More and more dentists are now using “cone beam imaging”, or the technology to make a more accurate diagnosis on a patient. Cone beam imaging is essentially CT scanning, which takes a more detailed image of a patient’s teeth or jaws. That, in turn, helps the dentist to see the patient’s condition more clearly than via regular CT scans or X-rays. A cone beam scan has a spherical volume of roughly 15 centimeters (cm) in diameter. Given that the scanner captures an image about 15 cm in diameter and 12 cm in height, it allows the dentist to scan...

Find a Dentist Who can Take Away Your Fears

Do you always find yourself postponing your dental appointment to a later date? Or do you always shake and tremble whenever you enter the dentist’s office as you wait for your turn? Chances are, you are one of the millions of Americans who suffer from dental fear. Fortunately, this condition can be addressed through sedation dentistry.   Relaxed state   Through sedation dentistry, a patient who suffers from intense fear of undergoing treatment will be put in a calm and relaxed state. This takes away all the tension as well as gag...