Sentences with phrase «films in a dental office»
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These days, medical X-rays come in multiple formats: plain film used in dental exams and doctors» offices; fluoroscopy, which bounces a continuous X-ray beam off contrast agents you've either injected or ingested, providing a moving real - time image of arteries and intestines; and the computed tomography (CT) scan, which couples a powerful computer with a circular array of extremely sensitive detectors to turn X-rays into detailed cross sections of the body.
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Our dental x-ray machine looks very similar to the ones found in a human dental office; however, our patients are reluctant to keep the films in their mouths while awake so they are typically performed under general anesthesia.