INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DENTISTRY

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FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DENTISTRY

The history of dentistry has some interesting hidden facts that will blow your mind. After reading this, you will probably be grateful that you were born in an era when dentistry was very developed.

Dentistry has not always been as painless and effective as it is today. 5000 years ago, when there was no anesthesia, we could not get rid of toothache so comfortably.

Let me try to explain how some aspects of dentistry have developed over the years with comfortable and easy applications.

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WHO WAS THE FIRST DENTIST?

Dentistry dates back to 2600 BC in Egypt. At that time there were not so many caries, because their diet did not contain a lot of sugar. But instead, periodontal disease and enamel erosion were quite common.

According to ancient records on the history of dentistry, a man known as Hesy-Re can be considered the first dentist in history. However, unlike today’s dentists, Hesy-Re did not really offer long-term solutions to patients. Most solutions were short-term treatments that would relieve the pain.

In the Middle Ages, you had to go to the barber to treat toothache. They not only pulled teeth, but also gave your hair a shape. Although you probably will never go to the barber for dental treatment, the upper classes at that time had their oral health checked only for the sake of fashion.

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WHEN DID THE FIRST TOOTHBRUSH COME OUT?

Toothbrushes have been around for longer than you can imagine. They were made only of bamboo instead of plastic, and their bristles were not nylon. The use of miswak was as widespread as the use of brushes made of horsehair.

Believe it or not, people continued to use toothbrushes in this way until 1938.

That year, Dupont de Nemours became the first in the history of dentistry to introduce nylon bristles. Doctor West’s Miracle Toothbrush was the first nylon toothbrush.

Later, most Americans believed that after World War II it was adopted the strict hygiene habits of its soldiers, and they had to take more care of oral hygiene in their daily lives.

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WHEN WAS TOOTHPASTE INVENTED?

Even before toothbrushes appeared, the Egyptians began to brush their teeth with a paste around 5000 BC. Toothpaste did not at all resemble the usual tubes that you buy in the supermarket, not to mention that their contents are very different.

Previously, people used mixtures with various substances in them to solve some of the problems that we are currently facing, such as keeping and gums clean, whitening teeth, and freshening breath. For example, they used a combination of ox hooves, ashes, burnt eggshells and pumice powder as the main ingredients. It was inevitable that there would be abrasions when cleaning your teeth with these mixtures. Toothpaste has come a long way from the shell mixture to this day. But their common goal was the same. Jul: Keeping teeth clean and freshening breath.

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HOW HAS DENTAL TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED?

Although some people still hate the sound of tools used in dental treatment today and think that modern dental tools are almost a nightmare, it is possible to say that they have come a long way compared to the tools that dentists used to have to use.

Thanks to modern medicine and technology, we now have a variety of options to keep you comfortable and pain-free. But in 1810, dentists had to use tools such as a dental key.

The dental wrench was a tool for removing infected teeth. The clamp of the dental wrench used to be fixed decently deep between your tooth and gums. The goal was to pull out a tooth by slowly turning the tool once. But this would often cause broken teeth, tissue damage, and even jaw fractures, causing transplant pain in patients in addition to infection.

Thank God those days are over. Today, in addition to having different types of anesthesia, we are able to perform your treatments with modern technology and more sensitive instruments, without pain and without damaging the surrounding tissues.

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HOW WERE THE DENTURES?

Prosthetics began roughly in 7 BC. it dates back to the century. It is known that the Etruscans made false teeth using animal and human teeth. In the 1700s, when sugar was consumed excessively, denture applications gained momentum.

Sugar began to cause further decay. So much so that it began to seem rare for a person to reach the age of 50 with his natural teeth. And people began to develop new techniques for saving their teeth.

Nowadays, it is possible to renew your teeth painlessly and aesthetically in a short time with hybrid porcelain, porcelain veneer treatments and implant applications. Dentistry practices continue to progress and be renewed day by day. The main goal of dentistry is to spend a lifetime having a healthy mouth with your own teeth. But early compensation for losses can also make you smile freely for a lifetime.

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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.

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Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.

Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.

In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.

Awards:

Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.

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Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .

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American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.

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