introduction

• Dentistry


  The profession or science dealing with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases and malformations of the teeth, gums, and oral cavity, and the removal, correction, and replacement of decayed, damaged, or lost parts, including such operations as the filling and crowning of teeth, the straightening of teeth, and the construction of artificial dentures
• Profession


  A specialized occupation characterized by intensive training leading to a professional degree and subsequent licensure
• Decoctions


  Aqueous preparations of plant parts boiled in water for toothache in form of pills and mouthwashes
• Moxibustion


  A form of heat therapy in which dried plant materials are burned on or very near the surface of the skin to stimulate the flow of "Qi" in the body
• Team


  A group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal
• Teamwork


  The collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal or to complete a task in the most effective and efficient way
• Dental Team


  Those individuals who are involved in medically interacting & providing dental care to patients either directly or indirectly
• Dentists (Dental surgeon)


  A surgeon who specializes in dentistry, the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity
• Hygienists


  Primary healthcare professionals who work independently of or alongside dentists and other dental professionals to provide full oral health care
• Dental assistants (dental nurses)


  Members of the dental team who may support a dental operator (such as a dentist or other treating dental auxiliary) in providing more efficient dental treatment
• Dental technologist (dental laboratory technician)


  A member of the dental team who, upon prescription from a dental clinician, constructs custom-made restorative and dental appliances
• Specialists


  Experts who are devoted to one occupation or branch of learning within a science
• Dental specialists


  Dentists who have a wide knowledge and practice special procedures related to specific branches of dentistry
• Dental specialties


  • Anesthesiology
  • Dental public health
  • Endodontics
  • Oral and maxillofacial pathology
  • Oral and maxillofacial radiology
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Orthodontics
  • Periodontics
  • Pediatric dentistry
  • Prosthodontics
• Officially recognized specialties differ from a country to another depending on regulations
• The Dental Team consists of

  • Dentists
  • Dental Nurses
  • Dental Hygienists
  • Dental Technicians
  • Clinical Dental Technicians
  • Dental Therapists
  • Orthodontics Therapists
• Official dental specialties (US)

  • Anesthesiology
  • Dental public health
  • Endodontics
  • Oral and maxillofacial pathology
  • Oral and maxillofacial radiology
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Orthodontics
  • Periodontics
  • Pediatric dentistry
  • Prosthodontics
• Hesy Re


  Often regarded as the first dentist, with "the greatest of those who deal with teeth, and of physicians" written on his tomb
• Esculapius


  Greek physician, inventor of purgatives and extraction of teeth
• Celius Aurelianus


  Roman, mentioned a leaden instrument 'plumbeumodontagogoon' used for the extraction of teeth
• Hippocrates and Aristotle


  Greek, wrote about dentistry, including the eruption pattern of teeth, treating decayed teeth and gum disease, extracting teeth with forceps, and using wires to stabilize loose tooth and fractured jaws
• Celsus


  Roman writer, wrote extensively on oral hygiene, stabilization of loose tooth, treatments for toothache, teething pain, and jaw fractures
• Rhazes


  Arab, stressed upon the need to exhaust every method to cure the teeth before extracting it, propagating conservation of tooth structure
• Ali Abbas


  Arab, wrote about diseases of the tooth and explains the treatment of a periapical lesion by introducing hot needles into the tooth repeatedly until they become cool, also used chemicals in the tooth like asafetida to devitalize the tooth and relieve the pain
• Abulcasis


  Arab, one of the greatest surgeons of his times, wrote a book which is considered the first graphical representation of dental instruments, advocated ligation of teeth in cases of a blow or fall
• Gian Filippo Ingrassia


  One of the first who spoke of the dental germ, said the existence of the tooth in proper form depends on a soft dental substance enclosed in the bone, which he considered almost as a secretion of the latter
• Pierre Fauchard


  French surgeon, published The Surgeon Dentist, A Written Book on Teeth, credited as the Father of Modern Dentistry for describing a comprehensive system for the practice of dentistry
• Claude Mouton


  Described a gold crown and post to be retained in the root canal, recommended white enameling for gold crowns for a more esthetic appearance
• Nicolas Dubois de Chemant


  Frenchman, received the first patent for porcelain teeth
• Paul Revere


  First known case of postmortem dental forensics, verified the death of his friend Dr. Joseph Warren by identifying the bridge he constructed
• John Greenwood


  Constructed the first known dental foot engine
• Josiah Flagg


  Constructed the first chair made specifically for dental patients
• James Snell


  Invented the first reclining dental chair
• Crawcours


  Two brothers from France, introduced amalgam filling material under the name Royal Mineral Succedaneum
• Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris


  Founded the world's first dental school, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and established the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree
• James B. Morrison


  Patented the first commercially manufactured foot-treadle dental engine, revolutionizing the practice of dentistry
• George F. Green


  Received a patent for the first electric dental engine
• Wilhelm Roentgen


  Discovered the x-ray
• Friedrich Otto Walkhoff


  Took the first dental radiograph
• Edward Hartley Angle


  Classified the various forms of malocclusion, made orthodontics into a dental specialty, established the first school of orthodontics, first orthodontic society, and first Dental specialty journal