Intraoral Photography
A long, slender wand with a camera at its tip glides through your mouth, capturing your teeth, gums, tongue, and throat on a super-magnified macro setting. Enlarged on a screen in front of both of us, in real time. Decay, plaque buildup, hairline fractures, worn edges: you see exactly what Dr. Zadeh sees, before a single decision is made.
Why we photograph everything
Total transparency
No more taking a dentist’s word for it. You visualize the problem with your own eyes before we ever treat it. The foundation of trust between dentist and patient.
Macro-level detail
Magnified images reveal early decay, micro-fractures, and plaque that the naked eye, and sometimes even x-rays, can miss.
Zero radiation
Photographs are just light. Paired with CamX fluorescence decay detection, we can catch cavities at their earliest stage without any radiation at all.
A visual record
Images document your baseline and track change over time. Invaluable for conservative, watch-and-wait care and for insurance narratives.
Intraoral photography is one layer of the imaging suite used at every new-patient exam, alongside CamX transillumination, a fluorescence device that detects early decay with no radiation, and digital radiographs, which carry about one-tenth the radiation of traditional film x-rays. And rather than following an insurance company’s x-ray schedule, Dr. Zadeh tailors imaging frequency to you: your history, your hygiene, your risk.
It’s a small tool with a big philosophy behind it: informed patients make better decisions, and better decisions make healthier smiles. See how it fits into your first visit.
See your smile the way we do.
Book an exam and watch your own teeth on the big screen. Most patients are fascinated.