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The first dental radiograph was taken in January 1896 by Otto Walkhoff, D.D.S., M.D., in Brunswick, Germany, a few daysafter Wilhelm Roentgen published about his discovery ofx-rays. Dr. Walkhoff placed a small photographic plate wrapped in rubberdam in his mouth and subjected himself to 25 minutes of x-ray exposure. Exposure times today are in the range of 0.01 - 0.03 seconds.

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