Panoramic dental X-ray

A panoramic image puts all the teeth, both jaws, the joints and the lower part of the maxillary sinuses onto one picture. The unit turns around your head for about twenty seconds and “unfolds” the curved jaw into a straight line.

This is the basic study in dentistry. It is where you start when you need the overall picture: how many teeth really need attention, whether there are hidden foci of infection, what condition the bone is in and where the wisdom teeth are growing.

When a panoramic image is recommended

• A first visit to the dentist or a move to a new doctor — so that a treatment plan can be drawn up instead of treating “one tooth per visit”.
• Before orthodontic treatment. Without a panoramic image you cannot see the buds of a child’s permanent teeth or the position of the roots in an adult.
• Wisdom teeth — whether they are there at all, what position they are in and whether they are pressing on the neighbouring teeth.
• Periodontitis — to assess how far the bone around the teeth has receded.
• A check-up every year or eighteen months if you have a lot of treated teeth or crowns.

Panoramic image or 3D — which to choose

These are different tools, not simply “the cheaper one and the dearer one”.

A practical rule: a panoramic image is to find the problem, 3D — to plan the treatment. Before implant placement, a difficult extraction or root canal retreatment a panoramic image is not enough.

What the UAH 390 includes

• The scan itself, on a Planmeca ProMax.
• A printed image handed to you.
• A digital copy to your email — and to your doctor’s email if needed.

The “panoramic image + TMJ” combination costs UAH 690 — people choose it when, along with the teeth, the temporomandibular joint needs checking (clicking, limited mouth opening).

How it goes

You take off your earrings, glasses and anything metal above the neck. You put on a protective apron, bite on a plastic positioner and stand still while the unit makes its turn. Twenty seconds. The image appears on the screen straight away — if you moved, that shows at once and we can repeat it there and then, at no extra charge.

We take the image and hand it over — the report and the treatment plan are made by your own doctor, because the decision depends on the clinical picture seen in the chair. If you do not have a doctor of your own, you can show the image to the Houston head doctor — with a CT scan of both jaws that consultation is free of charge.

Prices for other studies

−50% for service members and combat veterans (with ID), −10% for internally displaced persons (with a certificate). The discount applies to every study.

Where to have a panoramic image taken in Dnipro

3B Mykhaila Hrushevskoho St. Mon–Sat 8:00–19:00, Sunday 10:00–18:00. 067 478 87 78. No referral is needed — come on your own or on your doctor’s recommendation.