http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.

gov/pubmed/20481107
[Dental care, dental diseases and dentistry in antiquity].
[Article in Hungarian]

Jzsa L.
Abstract
Numerous written relicts, belletristic works (poems of Martial, Juvenal, Ovid etc.) indicate that oral
hygiene and its tools (toothbrush, toothpick, use of tooth pastes and tooth-powder) were used long before
our times. Already ancient people started to remove, file, dye and inlay teeth. The teeth were dyed red,
green or black in Egypt, red or brown (with henna or betel) in India, white by Romans. The teeth
decoration has a long but forgotten history. The most skillful and artistic work was done by the Maya's
between 900 BC and 1500 AD. The modification of contours (more than fifty forms) of the incisors were
practiced also in Mesoamerica. Dentistry was surely practiced in ancient Egypt, India, China, Greece and
Rome, while odontology and especially suitable dental appliances arose only by Etruscan. Dental
prosthesis, including bridges and simple retention bands were invented by the Etruscans 2500 years ago.
These Etruscan bridges were worn mostly by females, suggesting that cosmetics was the principal dental
concern. Some,--if not all--of the Roman and other prostheses have been purely ornamental. Orthodontic
appliances are also Etruscan invention. The holes caused by caries were filled with garlic, incense,
caraway seed in Egypt, with wood or lead in Rome, and with "silver-paste" (amalgam) in ancient China.
The toothache was cured with poppy-tee, or hashish and nightshade plants (Solanaceae) in Egypt,
Greece, Roman Empire while with coca (Erythroxylon coca) in South-America.
PMID:

20481107

TRADUCERE :
Numeroase lucrari scrise, inclusiv beletristrica, indica faptul ca igiena orala si
instrumentele folosite pentru aceasta (periuta de dinti, scobitori, pasta de dinti ) au
fost folosite cu mult inainte vremei noastre.
Inca din antichitate oamenii au indepartat, slefuit, colorat, realizat incrustatii
dintiilor. In Egipt dintii erau colorati in rosu, verde sau negru; rosu sau maro in India,
alb de catre romani. Colorarea dintiilor are o istorie bogata dar uitata.
Lucrariile cele mai fidele si artistice au fost realizate in anii 900 inainte de Hristos si
1500 dupa Hristos de catre Maiasi. Modificariile de contur (mai mult decat o simpla
potrivire de forma) ale incisiviilor au fost practicate in Mezoamerica.

Stomatologia a fost cu siguranta practicata in antichitate in Egipt, Grecia, India,

China si Roma, in timp ce odontologia si in special aparatele dentare au fost doar
practicate de catre Etrusci. Protezele dentare, inclusive puntiile si simple benzi cu
retentive au fost inventate de catre Etrusci acum 2500 de ani.
Aceste punti Etruscane erau purtate in general de catre femei, sugerand ca
principalul deziderat era considerat cel estetic.
Majoritatea puntiilor Romane erau cu rol pur ornamental. Aparatele ortodontice erau
inventia Estrusciilor.
Cavitatiiile carioase erau obturate cu usturoi, tamaie sau seminte de chimen in
Egipt, cu lemn sau plumb in Roma, cu pasta de argint ( amalgam ) in China antica.
Durerea de dinti era tratata cu hasis, mac si solnaceele in Egipt, Grecia, Roma
antica in timp ce coca era folosita in America de sud.

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