Sydney Blackman (1898-1971): a pioneer in dental radiology and radiography.

Br Dent J

Honorary Professor and Head of the Unit for the History of Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, Guy´s Hospital, Tooley Street, London, SE1 1UL, UK.

Published: November 2023

Sydney Blackman, was a consultant radiologist at the Royal Dental Hospital of London between 1931 and 1967. He contributed much to the advance of dento-maxillofacial radiology. His development of the 'rotograph' as the first commercially available dental panoramic machine established dental radiology on a level with medical radiology. Sydney was a major contributor to the establishment of the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology.

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