Discovery of X-Radiation in Dentistry

X-ray Pioneer / Discovery In 1895, a German physicist Wilhelm C. Roentgen used a cathode ray tube like our fluorescent light. This tube consists of an anode and a cathode enclosed in a glass envelope. On November 8, 1895, X - Renten was experimenting cathode - ray effects in his laboratory. He pulls out all air from the tube and passes high pressure after filling with special gas. When he does this, the pipe begins to glow.

In 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays and in 1896 Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity, which led to the introduction of artificial radiation. One of the important uses of these new sources of ionizing radiation (IR) is their use in medical diagnosis and therapy, which is rapidly widespread through the 20th century. In a short time after these discoveries, reports of acute adverse reactions to radiation such as skin damage from radiation workers began to appear. In 1904, the first death associated with radiation-induced skin cancer was reported, and in 1911 the doctor explained the first case of radioactive leukemia (Finch, 2007). Later on in the 1940s physician mortality studies showed that radiologists and dermatologists had excessive leukemia and other cancers (due to exposure to IR) compared to other physicians (Dublin and Spiegelman, 1948).

X-ray Pioneer / Discovery In 1895, a German physicist Wilhelm C. Roentgen used a cathode ray tube like our fluorescent light. This tube consists of an anode and a cathode enclosed in a glass envelope. On November 8, 1895, X - Renten was experimenting cathode - ray effects in his laboratory. He pulls out all air from the tube and passes high pressure after filling with special gas. - Do not reveal the night I remember looking at my mother and star when I was a child. She pointed out the Milky Way and several constellations. She told me, "There are too many stars to compute!" Now, 50 years later, when I looked up and looked out, I saw only a few recognizable constellations. If you spend a few hours with such a few stars' constellations, I can count. Is there really few empty stars? It is completely different.