title: Dental quackery: a retrospective view.
abstract: Instances of dental quackery are easy to spot in history, but what qualifies as quackery in contemporary dentistry? A historical perspective leads to an evaluation of questionable practices in the field today.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York 10032.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Mandel
mesh_terms: D006665:History of Dentistry; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D011781:Quackery / Q000266:history*; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000266:history; D014098:Toothache / Q000266:history