Dr. Horace Wells born in January 21, 1815 to January 24, 1848 was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Wells was educated in Walpole, New Hampshire before studying dentistry in Boston. Wells first bore witness to the effects of nitrous oxide in 1844 when he volunteered to have it demonstrated on him by Gardner Quincy Colton, a member of a traveling circus. Wells felt nothing, and was the first patient to be operated under anesthesia, having his tooth extracted later that year by his associate, John Riggs. He gave a demonstration to medical students at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 1845. However, the gas was
Price Dr. Beckett’s overhead was between 70-80% of revenues without including the cost of wages or office rental (p.510). Promotion Dr. Beckett did not use any advertisement. The Physical Environment “Dr. Beckett’s new office was Scandinavian in design (reflecting her Swedish heritage and attention to detail.) The waiting room and reception area were filled with modern furniture in muted shades of brown, grey, green, and purple. Live plants and flowers were abundant, and the walls were covered with art. Classical music played softly in the background…There was a small, soundproof conference room at the front of the office where children could watch movies or play with toys while their parents were being treated.” (p. 511). People Dr. Beckett, the only dentist in practice at her business, was accompanied by the seven members of her staff. Two of the staff members were assigned to front office duties, two were hygienist’s, and the remaining three were dedicated chairside assistants (p.511). Product the product offered by Dr. Beckett and her colleagues was quality dental service. Dr. Beckett’s mission statement: “It is our goal to provide superior dentistry in an efficient, profitable manner within the confines of a caring, quality environment” (p. 510). Process X-rays were produced digitally on a chairside computer monitor.
The role of the nurse anesthetist gradually developed as the demand increased for individuals who were highly and meticulously trained in anesthesia administration in an era where knowledge of germs, antisepsis and surgical interventions was emerging. During the 1800s, medical students were often responsible in the administration of anesthesia under the direct supervision of surgeons but the increased mortality rates in intraoperative patients suggested the need to reevaluate who would provide anesthesia. As a result of negative patient outcomes, surgeons turned to nurses, who served to be an adequate and reliable replacement. This trend proved to be catalytic in the movement of the nurse anesthetist.
He came up with the idea of dentures as well as creating the first lead, tin, and gold fillings. The spread of dentistry to the United States followed the growth of that in the French Revolution (Curtis). The violence in the French Revolution caused many French dentists to flee to the United States in order to escape the conflict, their new dental techniques traveling with them. After the migration of dentistry to the United States, the field began to grow at a rapid rate. In 1795 the National Convention restored formal medical education. Following the restoration of formal medical education, Drs. Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris founded the first dental school in Baltimore. With the turn of the century, oral surgery and orthodontics became specialities and anesthetics came about. In 1892, several new legal standards went into effect for those practicing dental surgery (Curtis). While these dates stand out as key points in dental history, many other accomplishments exist and have helped dentistry to become the field known
MS Wells Was a skilled and persuasive rhetorician and travel internationally on lecture tours. MS Wells was a born slave in holly springs in Mississippi in 1862. No matter how bad she wanted to get away they always found a way to find her in keep her in torched her. They made her scrub floor for 60s day a week nonstop no pay. One day she came up with a plan to escape from the from the Farm so she gather all her things in got on the railroad train Made it to acer as soon as she land the man ask her for her Freedom pass she look in her bag in realized that she didn’t have. The officer told her that she will be a slave if she didn’t have it. One
As dental hygienists, we will see a variety of patients in our dental office. Each patient will present with a unique medical history. It is essential to know how to treat our patients to the best of our ability, so that they are comfortable and cared for throughout the entire treatment process. They might have a certain disability, disorder, or disease that may alter or affect how we treat them.
In the first case study, the public health dental hygienist is responsible for evaluating the daily fluoridation test that is submitted by each state to make sure it is in the optimal range 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per liter. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2011) She is also responsible for working with the state if the test results do not measure up the standards set forth by the CDC. In addition the dental hygienist reports all of these results to Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC) so the CDC can determine a national average. This case study shows the “assessment” part of the essential public health services.
Regardless of your political stance, dental care is a service that all people should have access to, privately, or publicly. In the United States alone, millions of Native Americans on reservations are stifled from receiving the much needed dental care they require, the consequences are harmful to their health and prosperity.
I was the year 2013, and I was in sixth grade. On this day, I had an orthodontist appointment. My father gave me the choice of either going back to school, or I could go home. What I had chosen was to go home. The reason for this is due to the fact that I wanted to watch President Barrack Obama get sworn in another time. I had learned on November 4th, 2012 that he had won his title back against, the Republican, Mitt Romney.
In the late 1800’s the four businessmen had a huge positive impact on society they were all philanthropists.(People who donated lots of money to others and charity).All four businessmen George Eastman J.P. Morgan John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie were all Captains of Industry.
I can only imagine how hard it is for her to control her cravings and worry sometimes she might be throwing up her food from feeling bad. Here is a good woman who is a hard working dental assistant and have a lot going for her in her career.
William T.G. Morton, born on August 9, 1819, was an American dentist who demonstrated the use of inhaled ether ¨surgical anesthetic¨ in 1846. He was introduced to ether by Charles T. Jackson while he attended Harvard medical school. Because of Morton, surgeries are now painless.William T.G. Morton, born on August 9, 1819, was an American dentist who demonstrated the use of inhaled ether ¨surgical anesthetic¨ in 1846. He was introduced to ether by Charles T. Jackson while he attended Harvard medical school. Because of Morton, surgeries are now painless.William T.G. Morton, born on August 9, 1819, was an American dentist who demonstrated the use of inhaled ether ¨surgical anesthetic¨ in 1846. He was introduced to ether by Charles T. Jackson while
Surgery was always considered a somewhat brutal specialty by many at the time and its development was always limited by pain and infectious complications. Abdominal surgery was almost always fatal, and even cases that seemed fairly accessible to surgeons were often failures. [7] In 1812 an article described the catastrophic failure of surgeons to treat meningoceles showing that most children undergoing the procedure died of septic complications. It was later in 1846 that Henry Biglow published an article based on the work of William Morton describing the groundbreaking use of inhaled anesthesia and its use in transforming the surgical field. [8]
Ether. Who would have thought that a small carbon based organic compound such as ether would spawn a new field of medical specializations, changing the history of medicine for ever. Ether was discovered in 1275 by a Spanish chemist named Raymundus Lullius,(Evans,1995,p 1). It was his discovery that allowed William E. Clark to use ether as an anesthetic for the first time in 1842. He administered the ether on a dental patient for Elijah Pope as he performed a dental extraction on Miss Hobbie,(Evans,1995.p 1). This was the first step in the creation of the field of anesthesia. This new technology was quickly put to use to relieve pain in all
When Herbert George Wells was an old man, he once told a friend that he wanted “G-- D--- you all: I told you so.” engraved on his tombstone. It is important to add to this statement that during his lifetime, H.G. Wells made many predictions that turned out to be surprisingly accurate, including the rise of major cities and suburbs, and the splitting of an atom. Starting in the nineteenth century and continuing into the twentieth century, Herbert George Wells wrote many books influencing the way people live and see the world around them. Two of his most remembered works are The Time Machine, and The War of the Worlds; both of which teach people about the unexpected.
Dentistry has a long and complex history, with the earliest evidence of it being performed being dated back to 7000 B.C. from the Indus River Valley Civilization. Later, an ancient Sumerian text mentioned “tooth worms” around 5000 B.C., and from 2900 - 2700 B.C,Egyptians began drilling teeth to drain abscesses. Etruscan and Greek physicians further progressed dentistry by pioneering dental prosthetics and writing texts that contained information about dentistry. The Roman Empire later conquered the Etruscans and absorbed some of their culture, including dentistry. In fact, the Roman medical writer Celsus wrote on many topics pertaining to dentistry. In Asia, although the Chinese did use silver amalgam fillings as early as 200 B.C., a proclamation from the Qu’ran that prohibited body mutilation prevented the advancement of dental surgery for many years. The first book to focus solely on dentistry, Little Medicinal Book for All Kinds of Diseases and Infirmities of the Teeth by Artzney Buchlein was published in Germany in 1530. Known European dental achievements were mostly French and English in the 16th and 17th century, with James Hunter, an English surgeon, pioneering the idea of teeth transplant. When the English began settling the United States, many of them brought along their dental practices. Notable American dentists during the colonial period include Isaac and John Greenwood and Paul Revere. In the 19th century, America was a hotbed for dentistry related