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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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 2013033497 |
ISBN | 9780867156492 (softcover) |
ISBN | 086715649X (softcover) |