Branch of medicine dealing with oral health and teeth

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A mother and her five delighted children turned away from their dentist's at Easter because he has toothache. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1874.

M0013431: Upper and lower denture, 19th century.

A dentist encounters a large, violent patient. Reproduction of a drawing by A. Wallis Mills, 1920.

Recherches et observations sur toutes les parties de l'art du dentiste / Par M. Bourdet.

Interior of a dentist's surgery with animal participants. Reproduction of a coloured wood engraving.

M0015704: Etruscan prosthetic appliance intended to avoid the bad effects of convergence, or, perhaps to support a purely ornamental artificial substitute

A street tooth-drawer on his stall extracting a tooth from a patient. Wood engraving after C. Fripp (?).

Eastman Dental Hospital, London: view of the entrance hall. Process print, 1926.

A dentist (Uncle Sam) about to extract a tooth from a patient (Kaiser Wilhem II); representing America's successful involvement in the First world war. Pen drawing by P. Forbes-Robertson, 1918.

A German military dentist pulls a tooth from an agonised soldier. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1892.

A short dentist (standing on a stool) extracting a tooth from an extremely tall lady who in her agony kicks over his work table. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1821, after A.E.

A new system of treating and fixing artificial teeth : the art to prevent the loss of the teeth with instructions calculated to enable heads of families to adopt the author's practice of treating and preserving the teeth ... / by Frederick A. Eskell.

Notes on the treatment and filling of teeth / by Wm. Cass Grayston.

Deutsche Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde mit Zentralblatt für die gesamte Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde.

Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper ; with 354 illustrations.

Dental health.

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Dentistry

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A new system of treating and fixing artificial teeth : the art to prevent the loss of the teeth with instructions calculated to enable heads of families to adopt the author's practice of treating and preserving the teeth ... / by Frederick A. Eskell.

Notes on the treatment and filling of teeth / by Wm. Cass Grayston.

Deutsche Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde mit Zentralblatt für die gesamte Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde.

Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper ; with 354 illustrations.

Dental health.

Dentistry

Images from the collections

Images referencing Dentistry

Works from the collections

A new system of treating and fixing artificial teeth : the art to prevent the loss of the teeth with instructions calculated to enable heads of families to adopt the author's practice of treating and preserving the teeth ... / by Frederick A. Eskell.

Notes on the treatment and filling of teeth / by Wm. Cass Grayston.

Deutsche Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde mit Zentralblatt für die gesamte Zahn-, Mund-, und Kieferheilkunde.

Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper ; with 354 illustrations.

Dental health.

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