title: Hippocratic views on Paediatric Dentistry and Ancient Greek origins of Orthodontics.
abstract: Hippocrates, the father of medicine, expressed some very interesting ideas on dentistry. His remarks on paediatric dentistry and orthodontics are quite impressive and influenced its practice in ancient Greece. Here we examine his writings in order to find the most important dental references.
authors.affiliation: History Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. gregorytsoucalis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsoucalas
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kousoulis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karamanou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marineli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsoucalas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D018645:Greek World; D006625:Hippocratic Oath; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000266:history*; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry / Q000266:history*