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A 5 page essay that explores new breakthroughs in the field of dental x-ray techniques. This paper focuses on the benefits of the newly introduced process of Computed Dental Radiography, or CDR. The process and benefits of CDR are explained. Also touched on are attempts made during this past decade to prove and perfect methods of early detection of tooth decay by the use of electrical current. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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of cassette tapes and five-inch floppies. New technology developed by Schick Technologies, Inc. has been instrumental in introducing the process of digital dentistry, the x-ray technique of the twenty-first
century (Gerena-Morales, 1998). Schick Technologies, a company based in Queens, was the first to realize the advantages digital imaging offered to the dental industry (Murtha, 1996). Working from an
office situated in the basement of his home, founder David Schick began tinkering with his idea of digital dental x-rays at the beginning of the 1990s. The product of
this tinkering, known as computed dental radiography, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1992 (Allen, 1997). Placed on the market shortly thereafter, Computed Dental Radiography, also
known as CDR, has revolutionized the art of dentistry. The standard process of dental x-raying was introduced over a hundred years ago in 1895. Until recently, there has been very
little improvement or change in the original process (Discover, 1996). According to Rae Lewis in a 1999 article for "The Daily 2Telegraphy", early methods of diagnosing tooth decay were
"surprisingly inaccurate, and about half goes undetected, especially in the early stages" (1999; PG). The process of CDR is simpler and less time
consuming than conventional dental x-ray techniques. A small sensor card, approximately the size of a matchbook cover, is placed inside the patients mouth. This sensor card is wired
to a computer. When exposed to x-rays, the sensor "develops" the image electronically and transmits this image to a computer screen in a total time of four seconds (Gerena-Morales,
1998; Allen, 1997; p. 01A). The image is displayed in a program that runs on the Windows operating system. Once displayed, the color and size of the image
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