Purpose of Dental Image
-Essential for diagnostic purposes.
-enable the dental professional to identify many conditions that may otherwise go
undetected.
-provide information about teeth and supporting bone structures.
Dental Radiographs
-Detect lesions, diseases, and conditions than cannot be identified clinically.
-Confirm suspected diseases.
-Localize lesions or foreign objects.
Primary benefit of Radiographs
Detection of disease.
Benefits of Radiographs
-Detection of disease.
-Outweighs the risk of small doses of x-radiation.
-The use assists the dental professional in identifying and preventing problems.