Presence of quacks, tooth-pullers and barbers in the world literature
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quacks, tooth-pullers, barbers, teeth, mouth.Abstract
The world literature is a source of information and knowledge and a means ofenhancing the cognitive and cultural stock of the dental professionals. Its pages
collect the roots of this profession expressed in the work of quacks, tooth-pullers and barbers and their role in the creation and development of this discipline. The
objective of this paper was to identify the presence of the activities carried out by
them in these creations. Literature search was made in printed and computerized
books and in the academic google on Internet, for which we used subject headings
as quacks, tooth-pullers, barbers, teeth, mouth. Fifteen works were consulted;
eight of them were selected for this paper since they made reference to this topic.
The gathered information was organized by the chronological order of the authors.
The study of these documents from the world literature allowed us to be aware of
the excellent descriptions of the activities performed by quacks, tooth-pullers and
barbers as part of the historical roots of the work of dental professionals.
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