The radiation dose from the old-style film radiographs was incredibly small. With digital radiographs, the dose is even smaller than the already safe film radiograph dose.
We can enhance the images digitally on the computer, to see things that we were never able to see before.
Another nice feature is that we can print off numerous copies of your radiograph for referrals, insurance companies, etc., or in many cases, simply e-mail them as attachments.