Recent advancements in dental digital radiography

Abstract

For more than a century, now radiographs have been taken using radiographic film. Digital imaging has been replacing traditional films in private practice, academic institutions in the last two decades. As use of digital radiography has become more common in the last decade with rapidly evolving changes in the way healthcare is administered, coupled with the amazing recent advances in imaging, many dental professionals are thinking of using digital system as a substitute to conventional film system. This has necessitated a review of the different technologies used for digital imaging in dentistry with broad overview of the principles in digital system, equipment, digital imaging receptors, procurement, enhancement process, transfer, and storage developments along with comparisons of film-based imaging, processing and image analysis.