Digital Dental Radiographs

Aloha Animal Hospital offers digital dental radiography.  Digital radiographs allow us to make a more accurate diagnosis of dental problems and quicker than traditional radiography.  This means better, faster medical service for your pet. 

Here are a few examples how dental radiography helps us to provide better care for your pet.

Case 1: Loves to Play
MAX 2 years old Labrador Loves to play Frisbee Very little tartar No gingivitis	Max has a small chip fracture at the tip and the tooth is discolored.	A wide pulp cavity indicates this tooth is dead and needs to be extracted.
Case 2: Not Eating as Well as Used to
Princess 6 years old Siamese Not eating her hard food Never had a dental cleaning before	Normal depth of sulcus at cat's canine tooth.	Deep pocket inside canine tooth found	Bone loss at canine tooth and a painful resorptive lesion of the premolar.
Case 3: Bad Teeth are Not Always Loose Teeth
Brutus 8 years old Shepard Mix Lost an incisor recently Moderate tartar Gingivitis and gum recession	Molar of lower jaw found to be missing during oral exam under anesthesia.	Large tooth in front of missing molar has alveolar bone loss of roots indicating tooth root abscess: This tooth is not loose!

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