title: [From a hippopotamus tooth to a porcelain tooth].
abstract: The history of dentistry is written as if thousands of years of obscurity were followed by a couple of hundred years of enlightenment. The turning point was the work of the Father of Modern Dentistry Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761). But historically speaking this notion of progress has theoretical and practical disadvantages. In this article a practical example is given, that of porcelain. The production developed completely in the times of obscurity and only a simple pharmacist just saw the possibilities of the result in dentistry.
authors.affiliation: fred@dijs.biz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dijs
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care / Q000266:history; D003776:Dental Porcelain / Q000266:history*; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000266:history; D005602:France; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D003776:Dental Porcelain