What is the difference between dental xray and digital dental xray?

A dental x-ray is an image of your mount and teeth that shows the bones and teeth beneath the softer, living tissue. From its invention until very recently, the only was to do this was to place an x-ray source on one side of your mouth and a piece of photographic film on the other. The x-ray would fog the film, creating a helpful image of the insides of the person.

In recent years technology has been developed that does not need film for an x-ray. Instead a plate containing-ray sensitive elements is used, much like the photo-sensors in a digital camera. The resulting image goes directly to a computer and need no manual processing. This is what has come to be called a digital x-ray.