Dental cone beam computed tomography (CT) is a special type of x-ray equipment used when regular dental or facial x-rays are not sufficient. Your doctor may use this technology to produce three dimensional (3-D) images of your teeth, soft tissues, nerve pathways and bone in a single scan.
Morita's diagnostic equipment is designed to minimize patient dosage. A typical panoramic x-ray using Morita equipment uses about the same amount of x-ray as a flight from Los Angeles to New York. When flying in an airplane you are exposed to a slight increase in cosmic radiation due to the higher altitude and thinner atmosphere.
Morita strives to minimize dosage in all of their diagnostic units, and this equipment is among the lowest x-ray dosage in the industry. For you, that means a thorough diagnosis with much less radiation than a medical CT scan.
Why it matters for your diagnosis
CBCT helps endodontists expose the source of tooth pain that flat x-rays can miss: extra canals, hidden fractures and infection around the root tip.
