Book "The Smile Stealers" pink spine and white cover with dental illustration, front view
Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry
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Book "The Smile Stealers" pink spine and white cover with dental illustration, front view
  • Book "The Smile Stealers" pink spine and white cover with dental illustration, front view
  • Book interior spread showing antique Victorian dental and medical instruments, engraved illustrations, cream background
  • Book interior spread showing oil painting of tooth extraction scene and contents page
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  • Ancient gold dental bridges with human and animal teeth, multiple close-up views on white
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  • Smile Stealers book open spread showing historical dental engravings and surgical instrument illustrations
  • Book interior spread showing detailed 19th-century anatomical dental illustrations in monochrome
  • Book interior plates showing historical dental extraction instruments used on open mouths, antique medical illustration style
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Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Richard Barnett This achingly fascinating book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, featuring captivating, grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. It charts the changing social attitudes toward the purpose and practice of dentistry from the crude and painful endeavors of early civilizations to the fluoridated water, cosmetic surgery, and heightened expectations of today. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome 3D objects, technical illustrations, and paintings from the Wellcome Collection’s unique medical archive of material from Europe, America, and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. Including previously unseen illustrations, this comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures, the smile revolution in eighteenth-century portraiture, and the role of dentistry in forensic science. The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to those who see the beauty in medicine and biology as it probes the growth of dentistry.
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Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry by Richard Barnett This achingly fascinating book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, featuring captivating, grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. It charts the changing social attitudes toward the purpose and practice of dentistry from the crude and painful endeavors of early civilizations to the fluoridated water, cosmetic surgery, and heightened expectations of today. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome 3D objects, technical illustrations, and paintings from the Wellcome Collection’s unique medical archive of material from Europe, America, and the Far East with seven authoritative and eloquent themed articles from medical historian Richard Barnett. Including previously unseen illustrations, this comprehensive review of the development of the trade and discipline of dentistry covers topics as diverse as the very first dentures, the smile revolution in eighteenth-century portraiture, and the role of dentistry in forensic science. The Smile Stealers is guaranteed to appeal to those who see the beauty in medicine and biology as it probes the growth of dentistry.
Binding Hardcover
Weight 2.1 lb

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