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The long climb : from barber-surgeons to doctors of dental surgery /

"Unlike other books on the history of dentistry, The Long Climb: From Barber-Surgeons to Doctors of Dental Surgery outlines the personal struggles endured and victories achieved by the leading personalities of dentistry during its development from antiquity to the present. It showcases the cour...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garant, Philias R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover Park, IL : Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc, [2013]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • The 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.