Dental Thermography
A Different Way of Looking at Your Oral Health.
What if we could see your mouth through temperature, not just conventional images?
Every part of your body produces heat. Tissue temperature patterns can tell us something about their condition.
At Yiannikos Centre for Holistic Dentistry in Nicosia and Limassol, Cyprus, we incorporate dental thermography into our approach to oral assessment.
Using a specialised infrared camera, we can visualise temperature differences across the tissues being examined, without physical contact or ionising radiation.
Because understanding your oral health begins with looking at it from more than one perspective.
What Is Dental Thermography?
Dental thermography uses an infrared camera to detect thermal radiation emitted by the tissues being examined.
The camera converts this information into a colour-coded image, allowing us to observe differences in surface temperature.
Warmer and cooler areas appear as different colours on the screen.
These temperature patterns can be influenced by blood circulation, local inflammation and other physiological factors.
I use thermal imaging as an additional observation tool alongside a clinical examination and other diagnostic methods.
A different image can offer another perspective on the tissues we examine.
The Thermographic Examination
The examination is straightforward.
I position the thermal camera to capture infrared images of the area being assessed.
There are no injections, no dental instruments entering the tissues and no ionising radiation.
The images appear on a screen, allowing us to look at the temperature patterns together.
I explain what we can observe and how the findings relate to your clinical examination.
I want you to understand what I see, not simply receive a result.
My approach to diagnosis begins with understanding your concerns and examining your oral health carefully.
Thermal imaging can help us document surface temperature variations in the areas being assessed.
I use thermography mainly as part of the VIP Dental Consultation.
These variations may reflect local physiological activity, including changes associated with inflammation or blood flow.
The findings are interpreted alongside your symptoms, dental history, clinical examination and any additional imaging required.
Thermography does not replace dental X-rays, CBCT or conventional methods used to diagnose tooth decay.
For me, the value of technology lies in how thoughtfully we interpret the information it provides.
Seeing Your Examination Together
I believe patients should be involved in understanding their oral health.
During the thermographic examination, the images can be displayed on a screen.
We can look at the colour patterns together while I explain what the camera records and what those observations mean.
This creates an opportunity to discuss your concerns and the next steps in your assessment.
Good communication is an important part of good diagnosis.
Technology has always played an important role in the way I practise dentistry.
At Yiannikos Centre, we combine clinical examination with digital diagnostic tools to understand each patient’s oral condition.
Thermography adds a different form of information by visualising surface temperature patterns.
When we need to assess tooth structure, roots, bone or hidden decay, we use the appropriate established diagnostic methods.
My responsibility is to choose the information that helps us make the right clinical decision for you.