Digital Imaging and Dental Record

Abstract

One of the most important developments in the field of radiology is that the imaging process has started to take place in the digital environment. The advantages of digital radiography increase the interest of dentists to digital radiography, and nowadays digital systems are replacing conventional systems. The most important reasons for the increase of using the digital systems are the fast access to the image, the quality of the image, and the easy storage and transmission of the image. Nowadays, the clinicians can digitize anything and recall it with the patient. This article presents a review about digital imaging and dental record. The history of digital imaging, direct and indirect digital imaging methods, digital sensors and dental record were reviewed.

Keywords

• Digital imaging,image processing,image analysis

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