The development of early dental practice

Before we use fresh mint toothpaste, China's ancient predecessors to choose a slightly more positive concoction. Until the early 20th century, toothpaste is most effective if it is abrasive, such as broken bricks, bones, oyster shells.

Mouthwash is no picnic. The ancient Romans held attaches great importance to oral health, went to great lengths to ensure that their mouth is clean. With the rough ingredients of the toothpaste, mouthwash, vinegar-pickled worm. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, at earthworms and to solve the bad breath of a more attractive supplements, including fennel seed oil, myrrh, and white wine.

The toothbrush days ago the use of alternative tools to clean their teeth, including the salt covered by a cloth, or a wooden stick (imagine how long the clean-up per tooth, with a small stick, now that I said dedication!)

This is until 1780, when a resourceful William Addis, who use animal hair, animal bones and Tufts assembled the first prototype, what would become the standard design of the toothbrush, the toothbrush by the launch. Because oral health is still the usual practice, the Addis Ababa toothbrush design over one hundred years after mass production.

Pierre Fauchard is considered the first legitimate dentist. When he first come into contact with medical practices, he joined the Navy when he was fifteen years old. Teeth is not an official career, at this point and the dental assistant training or any formal training itself is no such thing. fauchard, therefore, become the protege of a skilled doctor, and later became the father of the dental surgery. He was hung as the first tooth restoration, made of ivory and bone of the original creators of filling, and as a treatment for tooth decay.

Until 1828, there is no actual dental schools or dental assistant school, mainly because dentistry is not as an independent professional. This means that many practitioners will learn the theory and practice of mentorships and books.

Although there is evidence that the text refer to dentistry in the Sumerian text has been found, dating back to 5000 BC, the actual first book to fully concentrate in the dental entitled "Artzney Buchlein", written in 1530 theme.