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The smile stealers : the fine + foul art of dentistry
This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome technical illustrations and paintings from the Wellcome Collection's unique archive of material from Europe, America and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. A comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry, it covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures (produced by the Etruscans in the seventh century bce); the smile revolution in 18th-century portraiture; and the role of dentistry in forensic science - all in one beautifully illustrated volume. Extending the cult of the medically macabre begun by its predecessors The Sick Rose and Crucial Interventions, The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to lovers of the horrific and the beautiful alike as it probes the growth of dentistry - from pulling out bad teeth to reconstructing jaws, and from painful action to pain-free interventions and the pursuit of the perfect smile.
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The Smile Stealers
This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome technical illustrations and paintings from the Wellcome Collection's unique archive of material from Europe, America and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. A comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry, it covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures (produced by the Etruscans in the seventh century bce); the smile revolution in 18th-century portraiture; and the role of dentistry in forensic science - all in one beautifully illustrated volume. Extending the cult of the medically macabre begun by its predecessors The Sick Rose and Crucial Interventions, The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to lovers of the horrific and the beautiful alike as it probes the growth of dentistry - from pulling out bad teeth to reconstructing jaws, and from painful action to pain-free interventions and the pursuit of the perfect smile.
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The history of treatment planning the extraction of the first permanent molar in the UK
This paper researches the history of treatment planning for extraction of the first permanent molars and the early influence of American orthodontists on dental practice in the UK. It also discusses the development of clinical guidelines for the enforced extraction of first permanent molars to the present day.
Key points
This paper looks at influencers in the management of carious first permanent molars and the role of American orthodontists in UK dental practice.
The paper illustrates lessons from history regarding the dangers of treatment planning to a dogmatic philosophy.
The paper discusses the development of modern clinical guidelines for the enforced extraction of first permanent molars.
Journal Article
The history of commonly used dental elevators
Key Points
The history of commonly used dental elevators is presented.
The link from the origins of dental instruments to their modern equivalents and counterparts is demonstrated.
An outline of the life, works and history of the men behind their eponymously titled instruments is presented.
Further questions on this topic are posed to stimulate further interest.
Despite the extensive and regular use of dental elevators on a daily basis in both general dental and specialist oral and maxillofacial surgical practice, little is known about the history and origins of such instruments and this remains an intriguing question. This question has been the basis for the following article, which gives a brief history of the instruments, discusses their eponymous origins and the history, life and works of the individuals they are named after. In-depth research has also raised other questions about such instruments that could be the focus for further study.
Journal Article
A dentrificator's relic
For centuries before the appearance of modern dentistry, most toothdrawers were peripatetic showmen: their free shows would be one of the attractions at town and village fairs (panel 1). Fixed to it all over at intervals are human teeth, secured by hand-oversewn thread around their roots, or through tiny holes drilled through their bulk. There are no milk teeth on the hat, which suggests that infant dentrification was a domestic matter, or perhaps that the activities of tooth-fairies were valued by children, then as now.
Journal Article