title: Francisco Martinez de Castrillo: An Early Spanish Author.
abstract: Francisco Martinez de Castrillo was a pioneer Spanish dental author who wrote and published Coloquio Breve y Compendioso Sobre la Materia de la Dentadura y Maravillosa Obra de la Boca, the first book published ever in the Spanish language. However, his life and work is largely unknown to the history of the dental profession.
authors.affiliation: Research Department, Institucion Universitaria Colegios de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia.|Universidad del Sinu, Monteria, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Nunez
mesh_terms: D003813:Dentistry; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049671:History, 18th Century; D013030:Spain
keywords: Dental History; Dentistry in Spain