by Patrick Cutter | Oct 29, 2024
Learn more about the history of dentistry and the U.S. Military Interested in learning more about the history of dentistry and the U.S. Military. Check out these publicly available resources: Army Medical Department Center of History & Heritage Hyson, J. M.,...
by Patrick Cutter | Oct 29, 2024
“The techniques of dentistry as practiced in the United States Army do not differ significantly from those in civilian life. The task and problems, however, involved in applying these techniques in providing dental care to some 8,000,000 men and women, under such...
by Patrick Cutter | Oct 25, 2024
“They have a regular “tooth-brush” drill every morning…It was true and sure a great sight to see 150 men in line with cup, tooth-brush, and paste or powder in hands ‘cleaning up’ in a way that had been entirely unknown to most of them a few months ago, for by a...
by Patrick Cutter | Oct 25, 2024
“Of the organs frequently affected among the returning soldiers were the teeth. Patients suffering from carious aching teeth were numerous. In most instances they presented evidence of serious malnutrition following disease and exposure, suppurative alveolitis was...
by Patrick Cutter | Oct 25, 2024
“The innumerable quantity of broken teeth and fractured jaws, produced by bungling instruments and unfamiliar hands, along with stories of rheumatic and neuralgic suffering, caused by exposed pulps and diseased teeth, which we were obliged to listen to during the...
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