title: High-voltage dentistry: modern clinical applications for an ancient dental device.
abstract: In the early 1900s, a new high-energy device was introduced as a cure-all for a multitude of diseases and conditions that afflicted the population. Dental pain and disease were among those treatable ailments. Treatment consisted of applying direct contact to the body with a handheld, high-voltage Tesla Coil and Geissler tube, which created heat, ozone, and ultraviolet light (UV), termed the "Violet Ray" This treatment was considered mostly a fraud and banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1950.
authors.affiliation: American Association of Forensic Dentists, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Neiburger
mesh_terms: D003762:Dental Instruments / Q000266:history*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000266:history*; D004566:Electrodes / Q000266:history*; D004867:Equipment Design; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans