Dent

• Cleanliness was one of the virtues of

  early filipinos:
• Used frayed ends of guava twigs, split

  registration for those engaged in the betel nut husk as sepillo
• Spines and thorns for toothpick
• Detersive (having cleansing food)

  • half ripe papayas
  • guava fruit
  • pineapple
  • singkama
• tooth pullers or

  SACAMUELAS
• were the persons doing extraction, with instruments consisting simply of "BOKA Y PATO" or "PLAIS" (duckbill-like forceps)

  Sacamuelas
• since it was not legal to established profession, any person who was capable of extracting teeth, could practice as a sacamuela without rendering himself culpable of illegal practice of

  dentistry
• UNIVERSITY oF sto..TOMAs

  1611
• CIRUJANO MINISTRATE - - the

  equivalent of a male nurse
• CIRUJANO MINISTRATE Changed to CIRUJANO DENTISTAS
• Where does capt. Chenchen live?

  QUIAPO, OF MANILA
• Capitan chengcheng real name - CAPITAN JOSE AREVALO
• First filipino dentist?

  capt. Chengcheng
• An expert ni carving tooth and plate no a single ivory piece - capt chengcheng
• Wife of capt.chengcheng?

  eula asuncion (wife and assistan)
• Dental charting provides a graphic description of the conditions in a patient's mouth, including caries (i.e., decay), restorations, missing or malposed teeth other deviations from normal

  DENTAL CHARTING