Load the export a practice handed you on disc, USB, or a download link — a full CBCT volume, a panoramic reconstruction, or periapical and bitewing images — without installing anything and without creating an account. Scrolling, windowing, and cross-sectional reconstruction all run locally in the browser tab. Your original files never leave the device you view them on; only the images you choose to render are shared if you ask for an optional AI summary.
Upload Your Dental ScanA CD, USB stick, or download link from an oral surgery, endodontic, or orthodontic practice rarely holds one tidy file. A CBCT export usually ships as a DICOMDIR index next to a folder of individual axial slices, or, less often, as a single multi-frame DICOM object that packs the entire volume into one file. Alongside it you may find a reconstructed panoramic image flattened from the CBCT data, plus periapical and bitewing images captured with an intraoral sensor — those intraoral images are sometimes true DICOM objects and sometimes exported straight to JPEG or TIFF, so it is worth checking before assuming every file opens the same way. Many discs also carry a proprietary project file from Planmeca Romexis, Dentsply Sirona Galileos, Carestream, NewTom NNT, Vatech EzDent, or Anatomage Invivo, bundled with a Windows-only viewer that only understands that vendor's own format. If your practice sent nothing but a PDF report and a few screenshots, ask the front desk for the original export instead — the DICOM folder or the DICOMDIR from the CBCT study — since a flattened PDF image cannot be windowed, measured, or reconstructed into new views.
Drop a hospital CD export, USB folder, DICOM ZIP archive, or individual .dcm files. Series are organised automatically by modality, date, and description.
Navigate slices, adjust windowing presets, zoom and pan, and measure distances in millimetres. When the series has sufficient volume data, multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) and 3D rendering are available.
Four independent AI models analyze rendered images with modality-aware prompts. Claude synthesizes a structured report with findings, severity grading, and a downloadable PDF.
Every CBCT DICOM file carries header fields worth checking before you rely on the images. Voxel size records the resolution the unit actually captured — dental cone-beam units typically reconstruct at an isotropic voxel between roughly 0.075 mm for small, high-detail fields of view and 0.4 mm for larger full-arch or airway scans, and a coarser voxel means less precision for endodontic or implant planning. The field of view tells you how much anatomy the exposure covers, from a single-tooth capture to a full craniofacial volume. Rescale slope and intercept convert the stored pixel values into meaningful density units, which is what lets windowing separate tissue types convincingly. The study date confirms how current a scan is against a treatment plan, and the unit manufacturer and model fields identify which CBCT system produced the volume — useful when comparing against a scan taken on a different machine later. Many exports also carry the window width and level the referring clinician used when reading the study, a reasonable starting point even though you can adjust it freely once the volume loads.
Before dragging files into any viewer it helps to know which shape you have. A folder of single slices contains dozens or hundreds of similarly named files, each a separate DICOM object holding one axial cut — opening any one of them in a generic image viewer shows only a thin cross-section of the jaw. A multi-frame object is the opposite: one file already contains the whole stack internally, its size is usually far larger than any individual slice file, and a DICOM-aware tool reports many frames rather than a single image when it inspects that file. Both shapes carry the same clinical information, and this viewer accepts either without needing to be told which one you have — drop the whole folder, the DICOMDIR-led disc contents, or the single multi-frame file, and the volume assembles the same way either time.
Once a volume loads, the browser parses every slice header, orders the slices by position, and assembles them into one 3D volume instead of treating each file as an isolated picture. From there you can scroll axial cuts the way the scanner captured them, or step through coronal and sagittal reconstructions built on the fly from the same voxel data. Windowing is where a jaw volume differs from most other regions: enamel, cortical bone, and trabecular bone sit at very different densities, so moving the window width and level lets you isolate each one — tightening the window to trace a thin cortical plate, or widening it to see the softer trabecular pattern around a root apex. The same tools measure the bone height remaining above the inferior alveolar canal before an implant, or the bone available below the maxillary sinus floor, directly on a reconstructed slice. Because the data is a genuine volume, the viewer can also build cross-sectional slices perpendicular to the dental arch and a synthetic panoramic view that follows the curve of the jaw, the same kind of reconstruction a CBCT workstation produces chairside.
When a CBCT series holds contiguous slices at consistent spacing — the normal case for a cone-beam exposure — the viewer reconstructs coronal, sagittal, and axial planes side by side (MPR) and can render an interactive 3D model of the jaw. That combination is what makes it possible to trace a canal or an impacted tooth root through multiple orientations instead of guessing at its shape from a single flat image.
Read the 3D DICOM viewer and MPR guideThe software disc that ships with a CBCT export is built around the imaging manufacturer's own desktop application, and those applications are almost always compiled for Windows only, since that is the platform dental imaging workstations run on in practice. The DICOM files underneath that application follow an open international standard with nothing Windows-specific about it — the same pixel data, header tags, and slice geometry the vendor software reads can be parsed by any DICOM-aware tool, including one running entirely inside a browser tab. That is why you do not need to install the Windows executable, find a compatible machine, or run it under emulation just to look at your own scan: the portable part is the DICOM data itself, and the vendor's viewer is only one of many programs able to read it.
An AI summary can translate report terminology and describe what the rendered slices show, but it does not replace a licensed radiology or oral surgery second opinion. Use it to prepare sharper questions before your next appointment — particularly when a CBCT report mentions an impacted tooth, a periapical radiolucency, or reduced bone height near an implant site.
Read the AI imaging explanation guideLoad a hospital CD export, USB drive folder, DICOM ZIP archive, or individual .dcm files directly in your browser. No conversion or special software needed.
Raw DICOM files stay on your device. All parsing and rendering happens in your browser using WebAssembly and the Canvas API. Nothing is uploaded for viewing.
Works in any modern browser — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. No plugins, no Java, no desktop software to download or update.
Four independent AI models analyze rendered images using modality-aware prompts for MRI, X-ray, and CT. Claude synthesizes a consensus report with confidence levels.
Multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) and 3D volume rendering are available when the series contains sufficient contiguous slices — common in CT and high-resolution MRI.
Generate a professional report with structured findings, severity grading, model agreement, and clinical recommendations — ready to share with your physician.
DICOM (.dcm) — individual image files from any scanner
ZIP archives — containing multiple DICOM series or views
DICOM folders — dropped directly from a CD, USB, or local disk
Hospital CD and USB exports — standard DICOMDIR layout supported
All standard transfer syntaxes — Implicit VR Little Endian, Explicit VR Little Endian, Explicit VR Big Endian, JPEG Lossless (1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70)
All major modalities — MRI, X-ray (CR/DR), CT, CBCT, ultrasound, mammography
8-bit, 12-bit, and 16-bit pixel depth
MONOCHROME1 and MONOCHROME2 photometric interpretation
Scanner compatibility — Siemens, GE, Philips, Canon, Hitachi, and all other DICOM-compliant devices
Drag the whole disc or download folder into the viewer, DICOMDIR file included — it is read automatically to group the axial slices, panoramic image, and any periapical or bitewing files into their own series. A single multi-frame CBCT file works the same way; there is no need to extract or rename anything first.
Yes. Parsing, slice assembly, and windowing all run locally in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly, so the original DICOM files never leave your device during viewing. Rendered images are only transmitted if you explicitly request an AI summary.
Yes. DICOM covers every imaging modality a dental practice produces, so the viewer groups files by series and lets you switch between the CBCT volume, the panoramic reconstruction, and individual periapical or bitewing captures from the sidebar, whether they arrived in one folder or one multi-frame file.
No, and it does not need to. Those programs are Windows-only viewers built around a single manufacturer's format, but the DICOM data underneath any of them opens here directly in the browser, on any operating system, without installing the vendor software at all.
Yes. Once a CBCT volume is loaded you can measure bone height above the mandibular canal or below the sinus floor directly on a reconstructed slice. Treat those measurements as a planning aid to discuss with your clinician, not as a substitute for their own assessment.
Ask for the original CBCT export: the DICOMDIR and slice folder, or the single multi-frame file, rather than the printed summary. A flattened PDF or screenshot cannot be windowed, reconstructed into new planes, or measured the way the underlying DICOM data can.
Yes, viewing is completely free with no limit on how many CBCT, panoramic, or periapical series you load. An optional AI summary session is available for $10 when you want a structured explanation of the findings.
On Analyze My Teeth, the viewer helps you review panoramic, bitewing, periapical, DICOM, and CBCT files for educational understanding before dentist, endodontist, oral surgery, or oral radiology review.
Review impacted wisdom teeth, implant planning anatomy, periapical lesions, root fracture concerns, jaw cysts, and TMJ bony findings as points to discuss with a dental professional.
Dental CT and CBCT files are easier to discuss when you know which tooth, root, canal, sinus, jaw structure, or panoramic X-ray finding is being shown.
AI explanations can organize visible imaging patterns, but they do not diagnose disease, replace clinical examination, or decide treatment. A dentist, oral surgeon, endodontist, or oral radiologist should confirm important findings.
Dental radiographs should be selected for a clinical reason and interpreted with the exam. Use this viewer to understand what is visible, then confirm tooth number, symptoms, radiation context, and treatment choices with a dental professional.
Often yes. A panoramic X-ray can show whether wisdom teeth are present, tilted, impacted, or close to nearby teeth. CBCT may be better when the dentist needs three-dimensional detail near the mandibular nerve, sinus, or roots.
Sometimes. Some root fractures are visible on periapical X-rays, but vertical or hairline fractures can be hidden by overlap, restorations, or projection angle. CBCT and an endodontic exam may be needed to confirm the concern.
CBCT is usually more useful when three-dimensional position changes care, such as impacted wisdom teeth, implant planning, root resorption, suspected fracture, periapical lesion extent, jaw cyst boundaries, or TMJ bone detail. Radiation exposure still needs a clinical reason.
A dentist should confirm the tooth number, symptoms, bite tests, pulp vitality, periodontal probing, previous treatment, image quality, and whether the imaging finding changes extraction, root canal, implant, or follow-up decisions.
AI cannot confirm pain source, pulp vitality, infection activity, cancer, biopsy need, or whether a tooth needs extraction, root canal treatment, implant surgery, or medication. It can miss subtle disease and can be fooled by artifacts.
Use the X-ray viewer for panoramic, bitewing, and periapical images. Use the CBCT or DICOM viewer when your dental office gave you a DICOM folder, ZIP export, or 3D volume.