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Dental economics

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  • A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.
  • A patient exclaiming to his dentist that the cost of having a tooth pulled is the same as his wages for an hour. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Prance, 1927.
  • A man deciding that the dentist's fee for pulling a tooth is too expensive - he enquires how much is it to loosen it. Reproduction of a drawing, 1926.
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Catalogue

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    A tooth in the form of the crozier, the emblem of Basel; advocating a "No" vote in a referendum about dentistry. Colour lithograph after H. Eidenbenz, 1945 (?).

    Eidenbenz, Hermann, 1902-1993. | Date: [1945?] | Reference: 689607i
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    A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.

    Dowd, Leonard P, active 1922. | Date: 1922 | Reference: 15506i
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    Teeth : the story of beauty, inequality, and the struggle for oral health in America / Mary Otto.

    Otto, Mary | Date: 2016
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    A patient exclaiming to his dentist that the cost of having a tooth pulled is the same as his wages for an hour. Reproduction of a drawing after B. Prance, 1927.

    Prance, Bertram, 1889- | Date: 1927 | Reference: 15471i
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    A man deciding that the dentist's fee for pulling a tooth is too expensive - he enquires how much is it to loosen it. Reproduction of a drawing, 1926.

    | Date: 1926 | Reference: 15457i
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