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1300 BCE
Tooth Worms
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. -
400 BCE
Hippocrates and Aristotle
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. -
300 BCE
Mummy studies
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. -
100 BCE
Celsus
Celsus writes research about oral hygiene and teeth pain. These types of pain could lose teeth, toothaches, and jaw fractures. -
166
Etruscans
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. -
1498
Leonardo Da Vinci
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 -
1498
Toothbrush
The Chinese developed a tool that cleans teeth; this tool would be called the toothbrush in the future. -
1575
Tooth Pain
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. -
Dental Book
"The Operator for the Teeth," was the first dental book created. It was written by Charles Allen and it provided information about dental treatment. -
A Treatise on Teeth
Pierre Fauchard, a French Physician, wrote a book called "A Treatise on Teeth," which was the first book to describe oral anatomy and function. -
Gold Crown
Claude Mouton described a gold crown and post to be retained in the root canal. He suggested enameling gold crowns for an esthetic appearance. -
John Baker
John Baker, who was the earliest trained dentist to practice in America, immigrated from England to start a dental practice. -
Dental Lecture
The first tooth lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons in England was given in 1764. -
Boston Newspaper
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. -
Porcelain Teeth
Nicholas Dubois de Chemant got the first patent for porcelain teeth. Porcelain teeth are lifelike dental restorations like dentures. -
Dental Inventions
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.
