A Sourcebook of Dental Medicine: Being a Documentary History of Dentistry and Stomatology from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Twentieth Century (review)

Many readers may be surprised to learn that the most revered book in dentistry, Le chirurgien-dentiste, ou Traite des dents, published in French in 1728, was not translated into English until 1946-this despite its author, Pierre Fauchard, being known as the Father of Dentistry and thought to have co...

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Published inBulletin of the History of Medicine Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 953 - 954
Main Author Swanson, Ben Z
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.12.2003
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20th century
Dentistry
Medical research
Medicine
Louisiana
Baltimore Maryland
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Summary:Many readers may be surprised to learn that the most revered book in dentistry, Le chirurgien-dentiste, ou Traite des dents, published in French in 1728, was not translated into English until 1946-this despite its author, Pierre Fauchard, being known as the Father of Dentistry and thought to have coined the term "surgeon dentist." The body of the book is divided into four parts containing twenty-two chapters, followed by a person index and a subject index. C. C. Bass, a physician and dean of Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine, did the groundbreaking research beginning in 1941 on the mechanical disruption of plaque and the optimum characteristics of toothbrushes and dental floss; he introduced an era of prevention in dental practices that remains with us today.
ISSN:0007-5140
1086-3176
1086-3176
1896-3176
DOI:10.1353/bhm.2003.0195