Medieval Dental Practices
- The Chinese were the first to use fillings made of amalgam (as early as 700 AD)
- However, it was in medieval Europe where texts on performing and regulating dental surgery were first identified
- By 1210 in France, dental surgeries, including tooth extractions, were routine.
- In the 16th century, these procedures appeared in published books dedicated to dentistry, which described tooth extraction, jaw anatomy and tooth decay in depth, among other dental matters & experimenting with anesthesia.
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