title: The first picture of a dental forceps in a printed book.
abstract: Niccolo Leonico Tomeo authored numerous volumes on a variety of themes, and was principally responsible for reintroducing the works of Aristotle in the original Greek. In one of Tomeo's works, he included a picture of forceps holding an extracted tooth. This was the first time a forceps was pictured in a printed book.
authors.forename: Malvin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D007558:Italy; D009038:Motion; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000266:history