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The British Dentist (Shire Library)
Rachel Bairsto
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Description for The British Dentist (Shire Library)
Paperback. Looks at this whole grisly history as well as at the increasing professionalism seen from the late nineteenth century onwards, which has led to very dramatic improvements in dental treatment, including modern dentures, amalgam fillings, anaesthetics and orthodontics, and to the boom in cosmetic dentistry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; MMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
Though the prospect may fill us with dread, most of us need dental treatment at some stage – and the reality is that better care has never been available, as this fully illustrated book shows. Early dentistry was amateurish and limited to barber-surgeons, travelling tooth-pullers and blacksmiths, with patients often suffering as much from the cure as the malady; and even as things improved in the eighteenth century, fashionable dentures were still made from the teeth of dead soldiers or even of the poor. This authoritative introduction looks at this whole grisly history as well as at the increasing professionalism ... Read more
Though the prospect may fill us with dread, most of us need dental treatment at some stage – and the reality is that better care has never been available, as this fully illustrated book shows. Early dentistry was amateurish and limited to barber-surgeons, travelling tooth-pullers and blacksmiths, with patients often suffering as much from the cure as the malady; and even as things improved in the eighteenth century, fashionable dentures were still made from the teeth of dead soldiers or even of the poor. This authoritative introduction looks at this whole grisly history as well as at the increasing professionalism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Shire Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747811350
SKU
V9780747811350
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Ref
99-5
About Rachel Bairsto
Rachel Bairsto has been Curator of the British Dental Association Museum for ten years and is President of the Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry. She has written extensively on the history of dentistry for a variety of dental publications and has been interviewed on television and radio. The BDA is the professional association for dentists in the UK ... Read more
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