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How We Get the Best Results with Digital X-Rays

Thursday, August 20th, 2015

4225775_blogAt City Dental Leeds, we are always looking to the future and are committed to continual investment in equipment and technology to ensure our clients get the best possible treatment. We are delighted to offer cutting edge treatments and use advanced digital X-rays to carry out treatment accurately and effectively.

About digital X-rays

Digital X-rays are a modern alternative to traditional X-rays, which use photographic film to produce images. Digital X-rays use digital sensors. These are more environmentally friendly and safer for both dentists and patients. Digital X-rays offer a host of benefits and enable us to make diagnoses and plan treatment effectively and quickly.

We use digital X-rays in dentistry to detect symptoms and signs, determine the nature and severity of dental injuries and plan treatment such as orthodontics and dental implant placement.

What are the advantages of digital X-rays?

The main advantage of digital X-rays is that they are safer than traditional X-rays, as they emit a much lower dose of radiation. Additional benefits include increased speed and efficiency, higher levels of accuracy and improved versatility. Digital images can be enlarged, shared and uploaded and we can send them over to other dental professionals easily and quickly if required. The images are also incredibly detailed and this enables us to show patients what exactly is going on and how treatment will benefit them, providing a greater understanding of dental problems and ensuring peace of mind.

Forwards and upwards with a Digital X-ray in the City of Leeds

Sunday, September 15th, 2013

1850575_blogThere is no doubt about the way that technology has advanced over the past 30 years and the affects have bled into every walk of life, from commerce to the medical world: computers, lasers and the like have definitely shaken things up for the better and this has had a huge impact on the dental world as well. Since all this technology has entered the dental surgery, patients have benefited from this all around the world- and in the city of Leeds. There is no finer example of this as with the digital x-ray: X-rays are brilliant anyway; they have given doctors and dentists the chance to diagnose their patients with precision. However, since they have gone digital, it has enabled the medical profession to make decisions in seconds. When you pop in for a dental check-up, you will be x-rayed in order to ascertain if things have gone wrong; this is flashed up on a computer screen in a matter of seconds enabling your dentist to get to work on you straight away. The images can be stored on a computer for historical reasons and if they need to be referenced, all it takes is a push of a button and by the power of e-mail, your dentist can send them off for a second opinion if needed. All of this means that as a patient, you are in damn good hands!

The dynamics behind Digital X-rays in the City of Leeds

Monday, February 11th, 2013

If you have a problem arise in your mouth with your teeth or gums, the way you can stop it from getting worse is to have it treated immediately, so time is of the essence here: most of these problems would have normally been spotted in an x-ray. In the past however, you’d normally have had to wait for the x-ray to be processed, in which time, the condition may well have worsened and seeing as every second can count, time could also be wasted whilst your dentist hunted down your x-ray in a filing vault at the back of the surgery and then hung it up for analysis. Today though, we are blessed with modern technology running wild in dental surgeries and this old style of x-raying has been replaced with a digital version. The process may appear the same on the surface in the way the image is taken, but that is where the similarities stop. Within seconds of you being x-rayed, the image is processed and comes up on a computer screen so that your dentist can make an instant diagnosis and get to work on you straight away. This also means that in the future, the images can be retrieved at the touch of a button. And, if your problem is complex and you require specialist treatment, the image can be e-mailed ahead so that you are ready to be treated when you turn up- beautiful technology, working for your oral health in the city of Leeds eh?

Digital x-rays in the surgeries of City of Leeds dentists speed up treatments and reduce costs

Monday, May 30th, 2011


What with how busy most of our lives are, any improvements that mean we can achieve things more quickly are most welcome. This has gradually been happening in dental surgeries over the years but a quantum leap has recently been made with the advent of digital x-rays, the use of which is becoming commonplace up and down the United Kingdom.
The traditional x-ray has been a staple of medical practice in general for many years but its functions are now being superseded by the digital version. Digital x-rays retain the advantages of traditional x-rays without the drawbacks. X-rays, whether digital or not, allow medical practitioners to essentially look inside a patient without the need for surgery.
The problem with traditional x-rays is that they only provide dentists and others with a flat, two dimensional view of things. Sometimes this is not adequate for the treatment because, of course, life does not exist in two dimensions. Often repeated x-rays were required to get varying vantage points on an object like a troublesome tooth. This was time consuming, especially as each individual x-ray would have to be sent to a specialist lab to be developed before analysis could take place by the professional.
Digital x-rays work in three dimensions and City of Leeds dentists can navigate the image and view the tooth from all angles from the one set of data that the digital x-ray provides. When this is combined with things like online milling machines, it means that patients can have things like porcelain dental veneers and crowns fitted in just one, short visit to the dental surgery. The reduction in lab fees means that costs of some procedures can actually fall as a result.

City of Leeds dentists offer digital Xrays for best results

Monday, November 15th, 2010

4561731_blogAmong the many advances in dentistry one of the most stunning has been the advent of digital Xrays. When examining teeth, diagnosing any problems and then formulating a solution it is vital that dentists have an efficient way of visualising the mouth. By increasing the speed and accuracy of these processes treatment can be offered in a fraction of the time previously used.

This is where digital Xrays are so valuable. Conventional Xrays offered only a flat, 2D view of the subject but their digital version gives dentists the chance to see the mouth in 3D. The need for repeated Xrays to get different angles on the subject is done away with as digital Xrays allow dentists to view every angle by taking just one 3D image that can be saved on cutting edge computer equipment.

The information from digital Xrays is often used in CEREC processes where the images are used to create new crowns, veneers and underlays and onlays. These procedures are now able to take place in astonishingly short amounts of time, sometimes just six minutes as the images are sent to online milling machines which construct new teeth from the digital Xray data. This is especially valuable for those patients who are nervous about visiting the dentist as it cuts down the time spent in the chair and wearing impractical temporary replacements.

Despite the fact that it is such cutting-edge technology, digital Xrays can actually reduce the cost of dentistry as lab fees are essentially eliminated by the speed of the new processes and repeated Xrays need not be taken. The possibilities are endless for cosmetic dentistry now that digital Xrays are replaced traditional Xrays. Contact your City of Leeds dentist today to find out more about these new advances.

Digital x-rays at Leeds dentist are the future of dentistry

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Digital x-rays are the latest advancement in what has proven to be one of mankind’s greatest discoveries. The x-ray made possible medical treatments that could only have barely been conceived of prior to its discovery, and the latest developments in technology are opening up doors for further astonishing treatment.

In the world of dentistry digital x-rays create images of the patients teeth that are sent straight to a computer. This cuts down the hours or even days developing time that slowed down treatment in the past. The dentist now has access to immediate three-dimensional images of the patient’s teeth, which can be stored in the patient’s files on the hard drive.

These images can also be used to form part of new treatments called ceramic reconstructions. This is the process of creating incredibly accurate fillings, crowns and veneers in a matter of minutes that was only made possible by the introduction of digital x-rays. The dentist can use the image to design a microscopically accurate ceramic inlay or crown adjusting the size to fit the image before instructing a computer-guided mill to sculpt the ceramic to shape. This technology is rapidly becoming standard in dentists all over the UK because of the incredible level of treatment on offer. Leeds dentists are using digital x-rays in treatments which represent the future of dentistry and thanks to the digital x-ray we can only imagine the possibilities.

Brand new you with porcelain veneers from Leeds dentist

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Porcelain veneers are used by dentists to completely transform crooked, uneven or badly discoloured teeth in as little as one afternoon, giving you the perfect Hollywood smile you have always wanted.

Veneers are incredibly thin, ceramic shells that fit over existing teeth to create the appearance of realistic healthy teeth, complete with the realistic translucency common to tooth enamel. They are commonly used to restore the appearance of damaged or unattractive teeth and using the latest in computer-aided technology it is nowpossible to design and fit the veneers in a single afternoon. This new technique is known as CEREC and stands for CERamic REconstruction. It involves using digital x-rays to create three-dimensional images of the patient’s teeth and computer-guided mills to sculpt the veneers from a single piece of porcelain in as little as six minutes per tooth.

It is possible to have composite veneers, which may be cheaper but cannot compare with the realistic enamel-like appearance of porcelain. Composite veneers also do not last as long as porcelain veneers so may end up costing more in the long run. Porcelain veneers typically last between five and ten years if properly cared for and maintained so they will need replacing. However, thanks to the new CEREC technology, having veneers replaced is really not the pain it once was.

Porcelain veneers really can transform your teeth and give you a beautiful smile. Having badly discoloured or worn teeth can be really damaging to a patient’s self-confidence and self-esteem and seriously affect their relationships in life. Porcelain veneers are a quick, easy and affordable way of gaining a confident and healthy-looking smile that could give you the boost you need. Make an appointment today to speak to a Leeds dentist about the latest porcelain veneer technology and how they could benefit your smile.

Digital x-rays are the future at City of Leeds dentist

Friday, November 6th, 2009

In the past, to build up an accurate 3D impression of a patient’s mouth, a dentist would have to take several time-consuming and uncomfortable dental moulds, as well as more conventional x-rays. These x-rays would need to be processed in the traditional way, which would also take a few more days. All of this added to treatment time and the number of appointments required by the patient.

With advancement in dental technology, one of the most impressive and useful new tools is the digital x-ray. Digital x-rays, also known as digital radiography uses sensors instead of normal photographic film. Images are transferred digitally which cuts out the lengthy developing process needed for photographic film. The digital sensors capture an image of the patient’s mouth and it is then immediately available on the computer for the dentist to study. It can also be saved onto the hard drive in the patient’s case history.

This ability to view 3D images of the patient’s teeth instantly has made possible a whole range of further treatments. The microscopic accuracy of the x=rays has also helped improve the quality and efficiency of the treatment process. But perhaps most incredibly, digital x-rays form part of a larger computer aided manufacture and design process that allows dentists to carry out dental procedures that previously took weeks, in only a matter of hours. This revolution in dentistry was all made possible by the use of instant digital x-rays.

City of Leeds dentists are currently using digital x-rays to vastly improve the treatment and comfort of patients. Ask a dentist at your next check up how digital x-rays could be used to improve your dental treatment.

Digital x-rays reduce radiation dosage to patients

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

At City Dental we are now using digital imaging to take patients x-rays. This new state of the art technology reduces radiation dosage to the patient by over half! It is also quicker and more accurate giving a near instant, high quality image. If you are a new patient looking for a dentist and are from Leeds city centre, Bradford, Harrogate, Wakefield, Huddersfield and the surrounding areas then contact our friendly team on 01132454868 or fill out the contact form above.