Excerpt from Dental and Oral Radiography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners of Dentistry
During the preparation of the second edition of this book the author has endeavored at all times to keep in mind the needs of the beginner in radiography rather than consider matters of interest to those who have progressed beyond this stage.
That radiography is essential in the practice of dentistry is no longer a debatable question. The wide interest being manifested in it by our profession and the numerous instances where dentists are installing their own x-ray laboratories bear eloquent testimony of this fact. While the author is willing to plead "guilty to a great degree of enthusiasm" regarding the value of the x-ray in dentistry, he feels that he is within reasonable bounds in asserting that the x-ray has done more to improve dentistry than any other agent that has come into it during the past ten years. If it were of value "in root canal operations only" the benefits to this field alone would justify the foregoing statement, for we must all acknowledge that as commonly practiced in the past this branch represented the greatest shortcoming of our profession.
Fortunately root canal work does not represent the only field in dentistry where the radiogram is a benefit, for it has been demonstrated that it is of equal value and in fact is often absolutely essential in the other branches of practice. These facts are not only now fairly well appreciated by dentists, but the laity have been quick to grasp them with the result that dentists who attempt certain operations without radiographic guidance are open to censure from their patients.
The awakening of the rank and file of the profession to the necessity of a more universal adoption of the x-ray has been slow, and it is doubtful if some will ever become fully conscious, as they continue to exhibit a lethargy toward this field which is either indicative of lack of foresight or sheer laziness.
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