MEDICINE
RADIOLOGY
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the dentist who is credited with the first practical use of radiographs in dentistry in 1896 is:
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wilhelm conrad roentgen
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gv black
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edmund kells
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john greenwood
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v black
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -C. Edmund Kells, a New Orleans dentist, is credited with the first practical use of radiographs in dentistry in 1896. Dental radiography has progressed from these early discoveries to the science it is today.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clarence Edmund Kells Jr. (1856–1928) was an American dentist and inventor who is sometimes described as “the father of dental radiography". He practiced dentistry in New Orleans for 50 years and held about 30 patents for dental and electrical devices.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prominent New Orleans dentist C. Edmund Kells took the first dental x-ray of a living person in the U.S. in 1896.
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