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X-Ray

Invisible odorless electromagnetic radiation

Cathode

Negative terminal of an x-ray tube

Anode

Positive terminal of an electrolytic cell

Intraoral

Inside the mouth

Position Indicator Device (PID)

Open ended tube in xray unit

Electromagnetic Energy

A form of energy that is the result of electric and magnetic disturbances in space

William Roentgen

Discovered the xray in 1895; received Nobel Prize in 1902

Dr. Otto Walkoff

First to take dental radiograph in 1895 ; two weeks after the xray light was discovered

Dr. C. Edmund Kells

Took the first intraoral radiograph in 1896

Dr. William Rollins

Invented the first dental x-ray ins 1896

Dr. William D Colliage

Invented hot cathode x-ray in 1913

G.E

Dental x-ray machine using Colliage tube in 1923

Dr. Rober & Engineer Cieszyski

Bisecting technique in 1905

Frank McCormack

Paralleling Technique in 1920

Dr. Y. V. Paatero

Developed first orthopantomograth in 1959

Dr. Charles Morris

Panoramic machine, Panorex ll in 1980

Kodak

Made first pre wrapped film packets in 1913

Digital Imaging

1987