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How It Evolved: Dentistry's pursuit for excellence
Revised Edition By Richard A. Glenner, DDS 81/2 by 11 format, illustrated, softbound, and CD-ROM |
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The Dental Chair — Early Development ........1
The Modern Reclining Dental Chair ...........5 Sit-down Dentistry ..........................13 Landmark Dental Cabinets ....................15 Sterility in Dentistry ......................27 Dental Offices Designed for Pediatric Dentistry.........31 The Dental Mirror ...........................31 The Excavator ...............................43 The Plugger .................................51 The Scaler ..................................55 Hand Cutting Instruments ....................59 The File ....................................63 The Broach ..................................69 The Cotton Pliers. ..........................73 The Dental Bur ..............................75 The Mallet ..................................77 The Explorer ................................81 Plastic Instruments .........................83 Gold Fillings ...............................85 The Rubber Dam ..............................87 The Mixing and Placement of Amalgam .........89 Dental Cements and Tooth Colored Filling Materials.......91 Traveling Dentists ..........................96 The Dental Office At The Turn Of The Century 99 Dental Impressions .........................103 Modernization Of The Dental Office .........107 The Dentist In A Fixed Location ............109 Progress in Dental Education in the 19th Century.........111 The 19th Century Dentists Laboratory .......115 The Cost of Equipping a Dental Office ......119 The General Dentist - Early 1960s ..........121 Early Dental Instruments Which Are Still in Use Today ...125 Connections - Dentistry and Medicine .......127 The Dentist’s Image in Films ...............129 Changes ....................................133 Looking To The Future ......................135 Further Reading ............................137 |
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