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and Aristotle began describing teeth systematically. They wrote about eruption patterns, gum disease, and basic treatments. This is where dentistry starts to look like a science rather than folklore. By the Roman period, the documentation becomes much richer. Writers like Celsus, Pliny the Elder, and Galen
May 05, 2026
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, and the very first ad ever aired was for Gibbs SR toothpaste. Imagine the moment. New technology. National audience. And what do they show. A block of ice with toothpaste in it, promising gum health and freshness. Dentistry accidentally became part of television history before most dentists had even seen a TV
January 28, 2026
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uneventful in terms of pirates, plagues and that sort of thing were miserable thanks to the mouth ulcers that gnawed at his gums. His case is among those related by Thomas Berdmore (1740-85), surgeon-dentist to King George III, in his concise and accessible A Treatise on the Disorders and Deformities
December 22, 2024
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of the mouths of his mostly unwilling patients. He often got a bit carried away and pulled out perfectly healthy teeth too. His courtiers reportedly lived in fear of Peters frequent enthusiastic offers to perform surgeries on them. The teeth are now exhibited in Kunstkammer, Russias first state public
December 23, 2024
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apprenticeship and salesmanship. The cost is the silo we still pay for in fractured records, awkward referrals, and patients who think gum inflammation lives in a different body than their A1c. The money story is where patients feel it. Most dental insurance in the United States is not insurance the way
January 21, 2026
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The Origin Of The Word 'Cocaine'. It's a tale of a leaf, a graduate student, and alkaloid science. An advertisement for cocaine-infused toothache drops, marketed towards children. Your trip to the dentist wouldn't include anesthesia without this doctor, Dr. Carl Koller (1857 - 1944), who proposed numbing our gums with cocaine.
January 26, 2019
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Did you know that the mouthguard was invented in 1890? Woolf Krause, a London dentist, developed what he called a gum shield made of cotton, tape, sponge and small pieces of wood to protect boxers from lip lacerations and mouth injuries.
December 13, 2016
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Ohio dentist Dr. William Finley Semple was the first to patent and manufacture chewing gum in 1869. It was not a sweet treat; the main ingredients were charcoal and chalk and were intended to clean the teeth and strengthen the chewer's jaw.
March 30, 2015
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Doramad Radioactive Toothpaste (1940-1945) Its radioactive radiation increases the defenses of teeth and gums. The cells are loaded with new life energy, the bacteria are hindered in their destroying effect. This explains the excellent prophylaxis and healing process with gingival diseases
November 15, 2020
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, often sourced from the battlefield casualties of the Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. After battles, scavengers would remove teeth from the corpses of soldiers, as their relatively young and healthy teeth were ideal for use in dentures. Dead soldiers were targeted
December 09, 2024
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materials, making dentures much more accessible. This material could be molded into the shape of a patients gums and provided a comfortable and secure fit for artificial teeth. Vulcanized rubber revolutionized the dental industry by drastically reducing the cost of dentures, making them available
October 09, 2024
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scars from raiding and pillaging, but they were probably kvetching more about an ear infection or gum disease. Thats according to new research, in which high-tech imaging revealed that many Vikings may have suffered from persistent, painful maladies in their heads. In 2005, archaeologists excavated
February 27, 2025
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1800s, a pioneering dentist, Levi Spear Parmly, urged patients to clean between their teeth with silk thread — a revolutionary technique that could protect the gum line and prevent tooth decay. But “people just didn’t get it,” says Dr. Scott Swank, curator of the National
June 09, 2022
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Section VIII. Of depressed (impacted) teeth Section IX. Of loose teeth Section X. Of worms in the mouth Section XI. Ulceration, bad smells, and diseased gums Section XII. How to extract bad teeth Section XIII. How to retain good teeth The chapter is a compilation of knowledge from the work
August 22, 2020
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it as a healthy protein substitute for patients without teeth. In 1903, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis, Missouri, patented a peanut-butter-making machine. In 1922, chemist Joseph Rosefield invented a process for making smooth peanut butter that kept the oil from separating by using partially
September 29, 2024
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of the gums, tongue, palate, lips, and cheeks; swelling, swelling and fistula gums, cheeks, palate and bone; cancerous growths gums; bad breath; vomiting, fever, agitations, headache, inflammation and swelling; ulcerations and swelling of the parotid and throat; ear pain, eye, eye inflammation
October 23, 2023
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