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the only people who tell you to stop biting while their hands are in your mouth
means Medical professionals trained to care for your teeth, gums, and mouth — cleaning, drilling, filling, and extracting as needed.
from From the French 'dentiste', built on Latin 'dens, dentis' meaning 'tooth' — a relative of words like 'dental' and 'indent.' The same Latin root reaches back to an ancient Indo-European source that also gave English the homely word 'tooth.' 'Dentist' entered English in the 18th century, when the older trade of 'tooth-drawer' started giving way to a tidier, more professional title.
- old gig
- barbers once pulled teeth between haircuts and shaves
- suicide rate
- among the highest of any profession
- first dentist
- Egyptian Hesy-Ra, around 2600 BC
- chair trick
- the modern reclining chair debuted in 1958
- toothworm myth
- ancients blamed cavities on burrowing worms
pierre fauchard — french physician who founded modern dentistry in 1728 with his book 'le chirurgien dentiste'
william hunter — scottish surgeon who advanced dental anatomy and tooth extraction techniques in the 18th century
horace hayden — american dentist who established the first dental school, baltimore college of dental surgery, in 1839