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The ancient Egyptians thought that worms grew in the teeth and began the issue of tooth decay. They began removing teeth and placing dentures and they were tied to the patients teeth.
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Hippocrates and Aristotle research about dentistry. The field of dentistry they studied in was the eruption pattern of the teeth, treating decayed teeth, and using wires to fix the shape. In the future, this would lead to braces.
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The Greeks began studying mummies to find out their causes of death. They noticed many teeth issues and thought that major teeth issues would cause death. They began tooth extractions to any and all teeth that had issues.
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Celsus writes research about oral hygiene and teeth pain. These types of pain could lose teeth, toothaches, and jaw fractures.
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The Etruscans practice dental prosthetics. These prosthetics were inefficient gold crowns and fixed bridgework of the teeth. Hippocrates and Aristotle's analysis most likely inspired this research.
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Leonardo Da Vinci develops tooth morphology
Morphology - is a branch of biology that deals with The structure of a specific organism, but this doesn’t relate to the function of the tooth -
The Chinese developed a tool that cleans teeth; this tool would be called the toothbrush in the future.
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Ambrose Pare develops and covers topics about tooth removal and tooth decay. With this research, people continued to learn about hygiene and protecting their teeth.
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"The Operator for the Teeth," was the first dental book created. It was written by Charles Allen and it provided information about dental treatment.
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Pierre Fauchard, a French Physician, wrote a book called "A Treatise on Teeth," which was the first book to describe oral anatomy and function.
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Claude Mouton described a gold crown and post to be retained in the root canal. He suggested enameling gold crowns for an esthetic appearance.
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John Baker, who was the earliest trained dentist to practice in America, immigrated from England to start a dental practice.
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The first tooth lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons in England was given in 1764.
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Paul Revere placed advertisements in a Boston newspaper, offering his services as a dentist. Less than a decade later, Paul Revere warned the Patriots that the British were coming.
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Nicholas Dubois de Chemant got the first patent for porcelain teeth. Porcelain teeth are lifelike dental restorations like dentures.
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John Greenwood, George Washington’s dentist, constructed something known as the dental foot engine, where he used his mother’s foot pedal and attached it to a spinning wheel to rotate a drill used to clean teeth, it was a dental drill before it's time. In 1790 as well, Josiah Flagg invented the first dental chair.
