title: Dental machines then and now.
abstract: The earliest dentists brought instruments and techniques from Europe as well as tools used by mechanics, watch makers, jewelers and artists. This historical journey through machinery history is a study in contrast to the machines of the present.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Glenner
mesh_terms: D003748:Dental Equipment / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000266:history; D014481:United States