{"title":"History of Orthodontics in Brazil - First Brazilian Specialist.","authors":"Oswaldo de Vasconcellos Vilella","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>At the beginning of the 20<sup>th</sup> century science was beginning to transform the world, including Brazil. All aspects of dentistry were considered essential to the welfare of the people and that may also have included orthodontics. It is possible then to assume that the manufacturing of some orthodontic appliances was already being taught in the educational courses. However, the lack of didactic orthodontic texts in Portuguese was a problem, when considering literature as one of the pillars that would support advancements in the science and practice of orthodontics. This difficulty, however, was solved in 1910, when the third edition of the Odontological Manual by Coelho e Souza was published including a chapter on orthodontics. Some years later Carlos Lustosa became interested in this subject after reading the paper by Angle that presented the ribbon arch appliance. He went to Pasadena (CA) and convinced Angle to accept him as a student. In 1923 he completed the course at the Angle School of Orthodontia, becoming the first Brazilian specialist in orthodontics. He treated patients with the ribbon arch until his death in 1937. However, did his search for knowledge outside the country influence the course of Brazilian orthodontics?</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"128-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40404711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"James Callaway, an Artist with a Drill and a Brush.","authors":"Daniel L Orr","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dr. James A. Callaway (1947-2022) (Fig.1) was a well-known dentist and Renaissance-Man for over 50 years in Las Vegas, NV. Callaway attended the University of Nevada Reno as an undergraduate then matriculated into the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry where he earned a D.D.S. Summa Cum Laude. He then moved back to his hometown of Las Vegas to begin practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"80-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40404705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Home for Dentistry and Dental Qualifications in the United Kingdom.","authors":"Stanley Gelbier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The first dental qualification in the UK was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1860. From then on dentistry was closely aligned with, and partly under the thumb, of the medical profession. It thus differed from the USA. Over the years there was slow separation, resulting in 2021 in a new College of General Dentistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"102-106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40404707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Geoffrey Hilliard Sperber BSc BDS MS PhD FICD Dr Med Dent (Hon causa) FRSSAf and the Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta.","authors":"Stanley Gelbier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Geoffrey Sperber was a long-time honorary Curator of a Dentistry Museum at the University of Alberta. The latter has announced the receipt of a major donation from him and his wife to aid the building of a new Health Sciences Library that will contain the Museum. Recognizing their philanthropy, the new Library will be named the Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"140-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catalina Méndez De La Espriella, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann
{"title":"Reflections on the Evolution of the Specialty of Endodontics in Colombia, South America.","authors":"Catalina Méndez De La Espriella, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The historical development of Endodontics as a specialty in Colombia, South America was due primarily to the influence of a few key endodontists from the United States and the industriousness and dynamic vision of leading dental professionals from Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"95-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40404706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allen Abrishami, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann
{"title":"Historical Perspectives on the Evolution of Root Canal Sealer/Cements.","authors":"Allen Abrishami, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various forms of sealing cements have been used in root canal procedures since the mid-1800s to create an impervious seal of the root canal system. In the process both entrepreneurs and charlatans have risen to the challenge. During the first half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, significant activity in this realm was realized, which set the standards for the evolution of contemporary materials and applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"107-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40404709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gehrig Brothers Electo-motor Teething Necklace.","authors":"Ben Z Swanson, Theodore P Croll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Victorian era patent medicines to soothe discomfort from teething infants worked well because they contained dangerous pain killing drugs such as narcotics and alcohol. Relief from teething discomfort can also be achieved for a teething infant by the baby chewing on various objects such as hard teething rings or teething necklaces.</p><p><p>This report offers some historical perspective on infant teething and describes and pictures a well-marketed German teething necklace of the 19th century.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 2","pages":"133-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40408449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ODOL MUNDVASSER and ZAHNPASTA: Part I-von Stuck, PUCCINI, and up in the AIR.","authors":"Ben Z Swanson, Theodore P Croll","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Professor Bruno Richard Seifert (1861-1919) (Fig.1), a renowned German chemist, invented a mouthwash that combined an antiseptic with essential oils. (https://second.wiki/wiki/richard_seifert). Karl August Lingner (1861-1916) (Fig. 2), of Dresden, Germany, produced and introduced Seifert's mouthwash in 1892. It was called \"ODOL.\" An excellent review of Lingner's life can be accessed on this website: (https://second.wiki/wiki/karl_august_lingner). Along with ODOL Mundwasser (Mouthwash), ODOL Zahnpasta (Toothpaste) was also produced (Fig. 3). ODOL products are still sold today, 130 years later!</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 3","pages":"220-223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10406137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Musings on Some Dentist-Musicians.","authors":"Stanley Gelbier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many successful dentists and doctors enjoy a wide variety of hobbies, including music. Some are avid listeners; others play instruments as amateurs or even professionals; sometimes they sing. A few are recording artists. Their interests might be classical or modern, including jazz. This paper examines the musical lives of a few general practitioners, hospital dentists and academics in the United Kingdom. Clearly striving for success in one's profession leaves room for other activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 3","pages":"178-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10751403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maryam AlRughaib, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann
{"title":"Gleanings on the Origins of Electric Pulp Testing.","authors":"Maryam AlRughaib, Vivian Manjarrés, James L Gutmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attempts to develop a test for pulp vitality has had a somewhat convoluted history, as the concept of 'vitality' has been the pivotal focus of <b><i>interpretation, misinterpretation, and empirical dogma</i></b>, especially when using electrical stimulation. Some researchers attempted histological correlations while others focused exclusively on radiographic correlations to validate electrical methods of pulp testing. Some the early literature rightfully focused on the concept of sensibility (a contemporary term in common usage) instead of vitality. This article will purposefully focus on some of the early thought processes of our forefathers as they attempted to arrive a full-proof method to assess the status of the often-compromised dental pulp.</p>","PeriodicalId":73982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the history of dentistry","volume":"70 3","pages":"191-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10694479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}