The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice blog discusses “the battle of the tooth worm“: This is a depiction of the infamous tooth worm believed by many people in the past to bore holes in human teeth and cause toothaches….Tooth worms have a long history, first appearing in a Sumerian text around 5,000 BC. References to tooth worms […]
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The String and the Doorknob
If you are a dentist, or have ever met one, hark back with us to the days of yesteryear, as recounted in this treatise: “The String and the Doorknob: Profile of a Popular Approach to Dental Extraction,” Eric K. Curtis, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, vol. 48, 1990, pp. 1084-1092. In the writeup, details […]
Looking: A Gift Tooth in the Ear
The BMJ has again given its cheeriest gift to the world — the annual Christmas issue packed with improbable medical specimens. Here’s one of this year’s most toothsome reports: “The Tooth Fairy and Malpractice,” Sian Ludman [pictured here], Hamid Daya, Polly S Richards and Adam Fox, BMJ, 2012; 345. The authors write: “The family spoke of […]
Music That Overwhelms Tooth Pain, They Say
Begin playing the soothing music video, below. Listen to it as you read this item from the Bibliolore blog: A 28-year-old woman urgently needed a tooth extraction, and local anesthesia was not an option. The patient was offered all of the other anesthetizing options, but she chose music instead. A recording of a Rām dhun […]