Dental Implants

Excellent results from increasingly popular but expensive dental implant surgery can be assured. X-ray technology that your dentist may tell you about will eliminate nerve injuries, permanent numbness, sinus perforations, involuntary drooling, incorrect tooth angles and damaged jawbones. Called cone beam computed tomography or CBCT, it's now the standard of care for many implant cases. An increasing number of dentists are installing a CBCT scanner in their practice.And parents, here's a heads-up. CBCT will prevent serious errors like nerve damage when wisdom teeth need to be pulled. Orthodontists also use it to speed precision repositioning of teeth.As general dentists move into a field that has been the exclusive territory of oral surgeons, this article will help you stay safe by making CBCT your ally. Based on actual outcomes and patient dental imagery, the article explores, educates and enlightens. ps: A CBCT Services directory is published at http://knol.google.com/k/murry-shohat/cbct-x-ray-services-directory/2srzofgvr8kjr/12#view