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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 photographic film**Not a term for Radiograph |
X-ray |
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Radiology is the science or study of radiation as used in medicine; a branch of medical science that deals with the use of x-rays, radioactive substances, and other forms of radiant energy in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. |
Radiology |
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This is a picture (visible photographic record) on film produced by the passage of x-rays through an object |
Radiograph |
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A photographic image produced on film by the 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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Use 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 caries,periodontal disease, trauma •Document the condition of a patient |
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Who discovered the x-ray? |
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen |
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What does the "x" in x-ray mean? |
unknown |
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who built the first vacuum tube |
Heinrich Geissler |
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Who used the vacuum tube to study fluorescence? |
Johann Hittorf |
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Who made the 1st dental radiograph? |
Otto Walkhoff |
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Who made the 1st radiograph in the U.S. using a skull? |
W.J. Morton |
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Who Exposed the 1st dental radiograph in the United States using a live person? |
C. Edmund Kells |
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Who Manufactured prewrapped intraoral film? |
Eastman Kodak |
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Who developed the first dental x-ray unit? |
William H. Rollins |
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Who was the first to use film in intramural radiography? |
Frank Van Wore |
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who established the first college course in radiography for dental students? |
Howard Riley Raper |
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Who developed a first x-ray tube (high-vacuum tube that contained a tungsten filament) ? |
William D. Coolidge |
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Who introduced the bisecting technique? |
Weston Price |
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Who redefined the original bisecting technique and introduced the bite-wing technique? |
Howard Riley Raper |
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Who wrote the first dental radiography textbook? |
Howard Riley Raper |
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Who introduced the paralleling technique? |
C. Edmund Kells |
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Who was the first to expose a panoramic radiograph? |
Hisatugu Numata |
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Who wrote the first paper on the dangers associated with radiation? |
William H. Rollins |
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Who introduced the long-cone paralleling technique? |
F. Gordon Fitzgerald |
