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Radiology ch.1 & 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | Nov. 8, 1895: Discovery of X-rays |
| He placed his wife’s hand on a photographic plate and exposed her to the rays for 15 minutes to show that he was able to permanently capture the outline of her bones. | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen |
| Otto Walkhoff - 1895 | Made the first dental radiograph on himself |
| W.J. Morton - 1895 | Made the first radiograph in US using a skull |
| C. Edmund Kells - 1896 | Exposed the first dental radiograph in the United States using a live person |
| Credited with 1st practical use of radiographs in dentistry | C. Edmund Kells - 1896 |
| William H. Rollins | Developed the first dental x-ray unit |
| Frank VanWoert | First to use film in intraoral radiography |
| Frank VanWoert | pioneered the first use of Kodak film. |
| Howard Riley Raper | Established the first college course in radiography for dental students |
| William Coolidge - 1913 | Developed the first hot cathode x-ray tube This tube became the prototype for all modern x-ray tubes |
| Victor X-Ray Corporation - 1923 | Added oil immersion of the tube Became precursor for all dental x-ray machines |
| 1957 | Variable kVp machine |
| 1966 Recessed long-beam tubehead | Recessed long-beam tubehead |
| 1896 to 1913 | Hand-wrapped glass photographic plates or film |
| Eastman Kodak - 1913 | Manufactured prewrapped intraoral film |
| 1920 | First machine-made periapical film packet |
| C. Edmund Kells - 1896 | Introduced paralleling technique |
| Weston Price - 1904 | Bisecting technique |
| Howard Riley Raper - 1925 | Refined original bisecting technique and introduced the bitewing technique |
| F. Gordon Fitzgerald – 1947 | Introduction of the long-cone paralleling technique |
| Hisatugu Numata – 1933 | First to expose a panoramic radiograph |
| Yrjo Paatero | Experimented with a slit beam of radiography, intensifying screens, and rotational techniques |
| in our clinic how many horizontal bitewings do we take? | 2-4 |
| in our clinic how many vertical bitewings do we take? | 4-7 |
| most common type of extraoral radiograph? | panoramic |
| the individual needs of the patient not a routine or schedule | prescribing of xrays is based on what? |
| who developed a set of standards for prescribing radiographs? | ADA |
| Is a radiographic inspection of large areas of the skull or jaws | extraoral radiograph |
| the entire crowns and roots of teeth being examined, as well as 2 to 3 mm beyond the root apices | periapical radiographs must show what? |
| CMRS must include what? | all teeth-bearing areas |