480 men, 20 years, no toothbrushes: Löe's Sri Lanka study
Sri Lanka, 1970: Löe followed 480 labourers with no oral hygiene at all. By 45, 8% had lost every tooth and 11% almost nothing. What the data say.
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Bálint Orbán: one of the greatest periodontists fled Nazism
Bálint Orbán fled Nazism in 1938. In Chicago he rebuilt modern periodontology. What remains today of the Vienna School.
History of Dentistry in the Province of Frosinone: From Montecassino to the World
From the Roman law on gold in teeth to the translators of Montecassino, to the Bruschi-Scipioni technique: a history of dentistry in Frosinone province.
Albucasis: the Cordoban Who Invented the Periodontal Curette
Al-Zahrawi (Albucasis), Córdoba, 10th century. In the Kitab al-Tasrif he drew 14 instruments to remove tartar. The periodontal scaler was born here.
Per-Ingvar Brånemark Never Wanted to Be a Dentist
Brånemark studied rabbits. In 1952, a titanium screw wouldn't unscrew. From that moment, implant dentistry was never the same.
Is a Root Canal Tooth Toxic? No.
From Weston Price to Netflix's Root Cause: a century of fear around root canal teeth. What the science says and why the tooth is not dead.