The key to quality dental work is good diagnosis. In the past, dentists have relied on x-ray technology and visual assessment of decay, fissures and pits to determine the right corrective procedures. Today, with the use of intra-oral dental cameras the dentist has a new tool that allows a much closer look at your teeth.

What Is An Intra-Oral Camera?

As the name implies, this dental tool is a intra-oral or inside the mouth camera. Intra-Oral cameras are about the size of a dentists drill. They are extremely precise and can take a picture of your tooth with much greater detail than the human eye could ever dream of zooming in on. The intra-oral dental camera is connected to a monitor for viewing. Intra-oral cameras can look with great detail at cavities, crowns, onlays, inlays and cavity fillings.

Intra-Oral Camera Monitor

When the dentist takes a picture of your teeth with an intra-oral camera, the image is transferred to a television or plasma screen. With the image on the screen, the dentist can zoom in on areas of concern to identify early signs of problems, showing you trouble areas and explaining how these areas can be treated.

Benefits of Intra-Oral Cameras

One of the primary benefits of intra-oral cameras is the ability to capture, save, zoom and manipulate an image of your tooth. Another benefit is that the dentist can now show you what he is observing which allows you to be more informed about your own dental health.