Saturday 17 September 2011

A Pictorial History of Dentistry


A Pictorial History of Dentistry7000 BC – The Bow Drill Era

Dentistry began in the Indus in India and Pakistan. These dentists were prospectively laborious sample beadmakers using drills arc of a cure for dental problems. This is also the first appearance of the managers, whose tasks include curb, waving his arms and legs of patients during the procedures in doubt excruciating. Yet this is, of course, to win a life without teeth.

 A Pictorial History of Dentistry  
The chart above shows how a simple bow drill.
A Pictorial History of Dentistry

This image shows a bow drill in use. They have also been used to create friction / heat required to start a fire.

         
 5000 BC - The Myth Of The Worm Tooth 
The explanation first and most lasting of which cause tooth decay, tooth worm first noticed by the Sumerians around 5000 BC. The hypothesis was that dental caries is the result of a worm teeth and boring depleted in the teeth. This makes sense because the holes created by the cavity is somewhat similar to those bored by worms in the wood.

Ivory carvings below describe the destruction wrought their evil worms.

The idea of ​​the teeth of the worm is found in the writings of the ancient Greek philosophers and poets, as well as those of ancient India, Japanense, Egypt and China. That lasted until late 1300 when the French surgeon Guy de Chauliac promoted as the cause of dental caries.

 700 BC - First Bridges 

The first company to use bridges and dentures were the Etruscans, which began around 700 BC. The following image shows a similar dental bridge created by the Egyptians who used child take the gold teeth together. It is also the first incarnation of a cosmetic dentistry practice that would become known as "bling".                                  
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Until the 16 th century, the dentist does not exist, and dentistry practiced by general practitioners and barbers. A staple of conduct of these early mines were dentists, which is used to relieve pain and stop tooth decay. Over the years, several instruments have been invented to perform this procedure.

The pictures below show several variations of dental pelican, which was invented in the 14th century by Guy de Chauliac and used until the late 18th century.


       


   


 




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