[Oradlist] Intraoral X-ray phosphor viewing screen

[S. Julian Gibbs]

ORADlisters in general and Douglas Benn in particular--

The device you pictured is a mouth mirror with the glass replaced by a
phosphor screen.  It was typically called an intraoral fluoroscope.
Apparently some dentists were using them in the 1950s.   I can vaguely
remember a class discussion at Emory with Dr. S. P. Vail (an early member
of AAOMR) warning us not to use them.  I also vaguely remmbr an
illustration in an old dental radiology textbook.

Juian
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S. Julian Gibbs, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Dept. of Radiology & Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University

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