{"id":74,"date":"2017-03-30T03:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T03:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boston-dentist.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2017-04-14T17:53:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:53:11","slug":"dentist-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boston-dentist.com\/blog\/dentist-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentist in Boston Offers Advanced Cone Beam CT Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dentist<\/a>Dentistry has come a long way over the past hundred years. Until relatively recently, having any dental treatment was an uncomfortable experience — forget advanced sedation, the fully-reclining dental chair<\/span><\/a> wasn\u2019t even introduced until 1958. However, perhaps no greater advances have been made in radiographic techniques and how we are able to look at your mouth. Sometimes we need to take a precise look at your oral structures, and a typical two-dimensional x-ray will not give us the whole picture. That\u2019s why your dentist in Boston Kraft & Schrott Dental Associates uses advanced cone-beam scanning technology!<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Is A Dental Cone-Beam CT?<\/span><\/h3>\n

The dental cone-beam CT (computed tomography) is a way to dive deep beneath the surface image that we can capture with a traditional x-ray. The technology helps your Boston dentist at Kraft & Schrott Dental Associates in advanced treatment planning by creating a three-dimensional recreation of your teeth, the soft tissues (like your gums, tongue, and cheeks), the neural pathways, as well as your jawbone. And all of this information is captured in just one scan. <\/span><\/p>\n

At Kraft & Schrott Dental Associates, we may use the dental cone beam CT scanner in treatment planning for\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n