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Dental Modification Around The World
For years, anthropologists have been fascinated with the study of dental modification in regions around the world. As painful as some dental modifications appear, they are often indicative of cultural...
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Dentistry Through The Ages: Prehistoric Dentistry
I’ve been inspired to launch another blog post series similar to How The States Got Their Names. This time I’m going to discuss the developments of dentistry since its existence, breaking down the...
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Dentistry Through The Ages: 3000 B.C. To 300 A.D.
This is a continuing blog series entitled “Dentistry Through The Ages.” This post will focus on developments in dentistry after the prehistoric era through the time of Jesus up to the start of the...
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Insects: To Eat or Not To Eat?
One of Zimmern’s favorite insect snacks are chapulines from Oaxaca: dry-roasted grasshoppers with lime and chili. If anyone watches Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel, they’ll...
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Dentistry Through The Ages: The Middle Ages
This is a continuing blog series about the history of the developments of dentistry from prehistoric to modern times. Sweeney Todd — that’s one barber I wouldn’t have trusted near my teeth, toothache...
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Dentistry Through The Ages: 18th & 19th Centuries
The way teeth were extracted in the 18th century. This is a continuing blog series about the history of the developments of dentistry from prehistoric times up until modern times. Today’s post will...
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Are We Getting Frozen or Fried?
Global warming has always been a contentious issue. Man-made global warming to be exact, a point that became more forceful in the 1970s when the levels of ozone in the atmosphere had noticeably...
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Dentistry Through The Ages: Dentistry in Modern Times
A 1920s dental x ray machine. This is a continuing blog series about the history of the developments of dentistry from prehistoric times up until modern times. Today’s post will discuss dentistry in...
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You Need Surgery To Smile?
Some of you may have read about the ‘smile surgery’ epidemic that is sweeping across South Korea. It isn’t the first cosmetic surgery craze in the nation either; past fads have included double-eyelid...
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How The British Contributed to Modern Dentistry
Vintage dental chair. It doesn’t make sense–aren’t the British supposed to have bad teeth? To be fair, it’s a bit of an unfair stereotype. Are British teeth truly worse than that of other nations?...
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