title: [The historical materials of stomatology in the All Things, Prescriptions of Fifty-two Diseases and Yinshu].
abstract: All Things, Prescriptions of Fifty-two Diseases and Yinshu were three bamboo and silk medical manuscripts which form-time was no later than the late Warring States period. From the visible bamboo and silk, the ancient Chinese knew the relationships between some drugs and the volume of saliva and used compound drugs to treat dental caries. Some oral and maxillofacial diseases, such as inflammation and pain of oromaxillo-facial region, temporomandibular dislocation and the methods of treatment were descriped in these books. Mouth-rinsing and tooth-picking were the more often used methods for maintaining oral hygiene. Kouchi(clicking the tooth)was also used for prevention and/or treatment of caries. Most of these knowledge were the first documents in ancient China.
authors: Department of Periodontology, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors: X J
authors: XJ
authors: Li
authors: Department of Prosthodontics, Stomatology Hospital of Wuyi County & Wuyi Branch of The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Jinhua Zhejiang 321200, China.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Zhu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history*; D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000266:history; D019242:Oral Medicine / Q000266:history*; D012463:Saliva; D031787:Sasa; D047011:Silk
chemical_list: D047011:Silk