ISLAMIC WORLD

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    • Islamic World focused on literature and preserved the works of Galen, Aristotle and Pliny into Arabic and Hebrew
    • The Paradise of Wisdom authored by Ali Ibn-Sahl at-Tabari discusses dentistry
    • Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn-Zakariya al Razi is also known as Rhazes
    • Rhazes dedicated the Kitab Al-Mansuri to the Persian sultan Al-Mansuri
    • Rhazes identified the teeth's individual length and the mandible's mode of action
    • Rhazes advised against extraction
    • Ali ibn'l Abbas al-Masuji or Ali Abbas, relied on the cautery with red hot needles to prevent odontalgia
    • Ali Abbas stated that if the treatment of cautery failed, he advised for extraction
    • Abul Kasim or Albucasis stated that calculus is a major cause of periodontal disease
    • Gum Separation, Luxation and Extraction are the 3 methodologies of Extraction
    • abu-'Ali al-Husayn ibn-Sina or Avicenna authored Al-Qanun
    • Avicenna stressed the importance of keeping the teeth clean
    • the Koran forbids dissection
    • Pharmacy became a respected profession separate from medicine
    • Prophet Muhammad introduced oral hygiene that includes rinsing the mouth for at least 15 times a day
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