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Energy carried by waves or streams of particles |
Radiation |
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High energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an x-ray tube |
x-radiation |
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A beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on a photographic film |
X-ray |
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The science or study of radiation as used in medicine to use of x-rays radioactive substances and other forms of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease |
Radiology |
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A picture on a film produced by the passage of x-rays through an object |
Radiograph |
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A photographic image produced on a film by passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures |
Dental radiograph |
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The art and science of making radiographs by the exposure of film to x-rays |
Radiography |
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The production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of film to x-rays |
Dental radiography |
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Any person who positions exposes and processes x-ray film |
Dental radiographer |
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Uses of dental radiographs |
Detect lesions confirm or classify suspected disease localize lesions or foreign objects provide information during dental procedures evaluate growth and development illustrate changes secondary to carries, Disease, and trauma document the condition of a patient |
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He built the first vacuum tube |
Heinrich Geissler |
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Use the vacuum tube to study florescence . Observed the discharge emitted from the negative electrode called cathode rays |
Johann hittorf |
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He discovered the cathode rays were streams of charged particles |
William Crookes |
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He discovered that cathode rays could penetrate aluminum foil which caused a fluorescent screen to glow |
Phillip Lenard |
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Made the first dental radiograph |
Otto Walkhoff |
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He expose the first dental radiograph in the United States using a live person |
Edmund kells |
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Developed the first dental x-ray unit |
William Rollins |
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Introduced paralleling technique |
Edmund Kells |
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First to use the in intraoral radiography |
Frank Vanwoert |
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Developed the first hot cathode x-ray tube |
William Coolidge |
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Manufactured pre-wrapped intraoral film |
Eastman Kodak |
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Introduced the bitewing technique |
Howard Raper |
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Introduction of the long cone paralleling technique |
Gordon Fitzgerald |
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First to expose the panoramic radiograph |
Hisstugu Numata |
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Film size 0 is used for |
Posterior teeth of children with primary dentition |
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Film size 1 is used for |
Anterior and posterior teeth of children with a mixed dentition |
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Film size 2 is used for |
Anterior and posterior teeth of adults and teens |
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Film size 3 is used for |
Bite wings but not recommended |
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Film size 4 is used for |
Occlusal film |
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Part of the processed film that is dark or black is |
Radiolucent |
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The part of the processed film that is white is called |
Radiopaque |
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Open contacts appear as thin _______ lines between adjacent tooth surfaces |
Radiolucent |