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How it evolved : dentistry's pursuit for excellence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glenner, Richard A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. (3414 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago 60659) : ADR Pub. Co., ©1997.
Subjects:
Dentistry > History.
Dentistry, Operative > history
Dentistry, Operative > instrumentation
History of Dentistry
Dentistry.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • The modern reclining dental chair
  • Sit-down denistry
  • Landmark dental cabinets
  • Sterility in dentistry
  • Dental offices designed specifically for pediatric denistry
  • The dental mirror
  • The excavator
  • The plugger
  • The scaler
  • Hand cutting instruments
  • The file
  • The broach
  • The cotton pliers
  • The dental bur
  • The mallet
  • Explorers
  • Plastic instruments
  • Gold fillings
  • The rubber dam
  • The mixing and placement of amalgam
  • Dental cements and tooth colored filling materials
  • Traveling dentists
  • The dental office at the turn of the century
  • Dental impressions
  • The 19th century dentists laboratory
  • Modernization of the dental office
  • The cost of equipping a dental office
  • Changes
  • Looking to the future.