Abstract

COMPANIONI BACHA, Alberto; RODRIGUEZ QUINONEZ, Mabel; DIAS DE VILLEGAS RUSHKOVA, ictoria  and  OTANO LUGO, Rigoberto. Historical sketch of radiographic cephalometry . Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2008, vol.45, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.

Cephalometry is an important element to take into account at the time of preparing an orthodontic documentation in order to make a diagnosis and an adequate treatment plan. Thanks to the discovery of X-rays on November 8, 1895 by Wilhhelm Conrad Roentgen, and to the existence of techniques that preceded the X-rays, such as craniometry and anthropology, orthodontists may use this diagnostic tool of great value. In the improvement of the cephalometric technique and its contemporary analyses it has been important the collaboration of various authors, among whom Broadbent, Bolton, Hofrath, Korkhaus, Ubaldo Carrea, De Nevreze, Paul Simon and Dreyfus, Margolis, Weingart, Thurow, Bjork, Freeman-Rasmussen, Reboul, Steiner, Andrews, Ricketts, Holdaway, McNamara and Interlandi, stand out. This paper intends to make an account of the most significant events related to the evolution and development of cephalometry

Keywords : Cephalometry; history of odontology; teleradiography; diagnosis.

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