Nothing but the Tooth A Dental Odyssey 1st edition by Barry Berkovitz ISBN 0123971934 9780123971937

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ISBN 10:       0123971934
ISBN 13: 978-0123971937
Author:         Barry K.B Berkovitz

While most books on dentistry describe the clinical and medical procedures involved, this book expands the field to examine the role of dentistry and teeth in everything from biology to biography. This book offers facts and figures regarding famous historical figures, such as John Hunter, Dr Crippen, Doc Holliday, and Paul Revere, exploring how their connections to dentistry shaped them, as well as the story of the two young dentists who discovered the principles of general anaesthesia. Other chapters focus on the amazing ranges of teeth in animals, from the teeth in piranhas to the tusks and ivory of elephants and narwhals, looking at their biological and cultural significance. The importance of teeth in understanding the evolution of humans and in revolutionizing the study of archaeology is also evaluated. This book is appropriate for dentists, medical and dentistry students, and non-specialists to introduce the myriad interesting aspects relating to teeth.

Please note that print volumes do not include full colour.

• Includes well-illustrated and thoroughly explained examples and anecdotes
• Presents both popular and little-known instances of teeth’s importance in history
• Written in an engaging tone appropriate for academics and the wider public

Nothing but the Tooth A Dental Odyssey 1st Table of contents:

1. The Jaws of the Piranha

   • Natural History of the Piranha
   • Teeth of the Piranha
   • Tooth Replacement in the Piranha
   • Summary

2. Tusks and Ivory

   • What Are Tusks?
   • Elephant Tusks
   • Elephant Ivory
   • Other Animals with Tusks
     • Hippopotamus Tusks
     • Walrus Tusks
     • Boar Tusks
     • Narwhal Tusks
     • Sperm Whale Teeth

3. How Two Young Dentists Changed the History of Surgery: Horace Wells (1815–1848) and William Thom

   • Horace Wells
   • William Thomas Green Morton
   • The Fight for Recognition
   • Dr. Crawford Williamson Long (1815–1878)

4. What is a Tooth?

   • Teeth of Invertebrates (Snails, Worms, and Leeches)
     • Snails
     • Worms
     • Leeches
   • Teeth of Vertebrates (Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals)
     • Lampreys
     • Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
       • Fish
       • Amphibians
       • Reptiles
     • Mammals
       • Herbivores
       • Carnivores
       • Insectivores
   • Some Other Functions of Teeth
   • Functionless Teeth

5. Teeth in the Most Unlikely Places

   • Unusual Medical Case History 1: Teeth in the Tummy
   • Unusual Medical Case History 2: How We See
     • Corneal Blindness
     • Tooth-in-the-Eye Surgery

6. Snakes, Saliva and a Nobel Prize

7. You Are What You Eat: How a Tooth Can Reveal Where You Came from and What You Ate

   • Who Are You/Where Did You Come From?
     • Mystery 1
     • Mystery 2
   • Towards a Solution to Mysteries 1 and 2
   • Oxygen in Water
     • Structure and Composition of Teeth and Bones
     • Distribution of Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Teeth and Bones
     • Solution to Mystery 1
     • Solution to Mystery 2
   • Who Accompanied Christopher Columbus During His Second Voyage to America?
   • What Can Teeth Tell Us about the Evolution of Elephants, Whales, and Sea Cows?
   • What Can Isotopes in Teeth Tell Us about the Life of Dinosaurs?
   • Where Did ‘Otzi’ Come From?
   • What Did You Eat?
     • Mystery 3
     • Mystery 4
   • Towards a Solution to Mysteries 3 and 4
     • Carbon in the Food Chain
     • Stable Carbon Isotopes
     • C3 and C4 Plants
     • Distribution of Carbon in Teeth and Bones
     • Solution to Mystery 3
     • Solution to Mystery 4
   • What Can Carbon Isotope Analysis Tell Us about the Evolution of the Large African Herbivores?
   • Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded?
   • Did the Diet of Neanderthals Differ from that of Early Humans Living at the Same Time?
   • Stable Nitrogen Isotopes
   • Strontium and Radioactive Carbon
     • Strontium
     • Mystery 5
     • Solution to Mystery 5
     • Mystery 6
     • Solution to Mystery 6
     • Evidence for Migration and Social Customs
   • Radioactive Carbon
   • Summary

8. Teeth of Rock-Climbing Gobies: The Most Remarkable Dentitions in the Animal Kingdom?

9. Why Can’t I Have Lots of Sets of Teeth Like a Shark?

   • Tooth Replacement in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
     • Tooth Replacement in Cichlids
     • Newly Hatched Alligators
   • Tooth Replacement in Humans and Other Mammals
     • Humans
     • Other Mammals
   • Summary

10. Serendipity and the Discovery of the Modern Dental Implant

11. Hens’ Teeth Are Not as Rare as You Think

• Normal Tooth Development
• Why Teeth Do Not Normally Develop in Chicks
• Experiments Producing Teeth in Chicks
  • Experiment 1
  • Experiment 2
• Teeth Occurring Naturally in Chicks
• Explanation of Why Normal Chicks Lack Teeth
• Summary

12. John Hunter and the London Tooth Museum

• John Hunter and His Contribution to Medicine and Science
• John Hunter’s Contribution to Dentistry
• The Tooth Collection at the Hunterian Museum
• A Special Denture

13. Why Should It Matter How Long Our Ancestors’ Teeth Took To Develop?

• Human Evolution
• Childhood Dependency
• Taung Child
• Tooth Structure and Age Assessment
  • Cross-Striations
  • Enamel Striae
  • Root Development
  • Neonatal Line
  • Aging the Taung Skull
  • Aging the Nariokotome Boy
  • Aging Neanderthals
• Summary

14. Two Notorious People with Dental Connections: Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (Convicted Wife Murderer)

• Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910)
• ‘Doc’ Holliday (1851–1887)

15. Two Famous People with Dental Connections: Paul Revere (American Patriot) and Bernard Cyril Freyberg

• Paul Revere (1734–1818)
• Bernard Cyril Freyberg (1889–1963)

16. A Winning Smile: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

• The Smile
• Cultural Significance
• Types of Dental Modification
• Modified Teeth from Europe
  • Inlays of Semi-Precious Stones
  • Tooth Necklaces

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