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History of Dentistry 166-201 A.D. The Romans - The Etruscans become experts in restorative dentistry using gold crowns and fixed bridgework. Full and partial dentures are not uncommon. The Romans have high regard for oral hygiene. They use bones, eggshells and oyster shells mixed with honey to cleanse the teeth. 1746-1755 Phillip Pfaff, proposes using softened wax to take impressions of the teeth. Clause Mouton, makes a gold crown and post to be retained in the root canal. He also recommends enameling the gold crown white to promote more pleasing aesthetic dentistry. Mouton also writes of the first clasp to hold artificial teeth. 1790 George Washington is elected President. At the time of his election, he had only one tooth, a lower left bicuspid. George Washington NEVER had wooden teeth. His dentures were manufactured from gold, hippopotamus tusk, elephant ivory and human teeth. 1895-1896 Wilhelm Roentgen invents the x-ray. In 1901 he is awarded the Nobel Prize. C. Edmund Kells uses the first x-ray in dental practice. John
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