TY - BOOK ID - 22147218 TI - Nothing but the tooth PY - 2013 SN - 1283835665 0123971934 012397190X 9780123971906 9780123971937 PB - Amsterdam Boston Elsevier Science DB - UniCat KW - Dentistry. KW - Teeth. KW - Odontography KW - Odontology KW - Mouth KW - Dentistry KW - Dentition KW - Dental surgery KW - Surgery, Dental KW - Medicine KW - Oral medicine KW - Teeth UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22147218 AB - While most books on dentistry describe the clinical and medical procedures involved, this book expands the field to examine the role of dentistry and teeth in everything from biology to biography. This book offers facts and figures regarding famous historical figures, such as John Hunter, Dr Crippen, Doc Holliday, and Paul Revere, exploring how their connections to dentistry shaped them, as well as the story of the two young dentists who discovered the principles of general anaesthesia. Other chapters focus on the amazing ranges of teeth in animals, from the teeth in piranhas to the tusks a ER -