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The long climb : from barber-surgeons to doctors of dental surgery / Philias Roy Garant.

Author/creator Garant, Philias R. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Hanover Park, IL : Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc, [2013]
Descriptionvii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Antiquity to the early Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance -- Birth of a profession -- Dentistry in colonial America -- The birth of dental science -- Professionalization of dentistry in America -- Exemplars of the new profession -- Mechanical dentistry -- Operative dentistry -- Discovery of inhalation anesthesia -- Diseases of the periodontium -- Orthodontics -- Oral surgery and oral radiology -- Defining the ethics of practice -- Early dental research -- The Gies Report and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013033497
ISBN9780867156492 (softcover)
ISBN086715649X (softcover)

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Laupus Books - Stacks WU 11.1 G212L 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold