DENTIS-TREE Definition Dental Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well – being and not merely the absence of Disease or infirmity. Dentist is one who is skilled in and licensed to practice the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations of the teeth, jaws, and mouth and who makes and inserts false teeth. History Dentistry is one of the oldest medical professions, dating back to 7000 B.C . There is literature about treating of the decayed teeth in the ancient Greece by Hippocrates and Aristotle First book regarding dentistry- The little medicinal book for all kinds of infirmities of teeth was published in 1530 In the early 1700 dentistry had become a more defined profession Pierre Fauchard - French surgeon is recognized as Father of modern dentistry had published a book “ The surgeon dentist a Treatise on Teeth ” he also introduced the use of prosthesis and filling of decayed teeth 1840 - First dental col...
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