history: I love going to the dentist!
knowledge: A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a surgeon who specializes in dentistry, the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity.
response: That is interesting to know. Did you know that dentists are surgeons who specialize in dentistry?
history: I love going to the dentist!
That is interesting to know. Did you know that dentists are surgeons who specialize in dentistry?
Yes. My dentist gives me a hand mirror so I can watch what she is doing. My favorite thing to watch was the root canal she performed on me.
knowledge: In China as well as France, the first people to perform dentistry were barbers.
response: That is fascinating, actually. One fact you might like to know is that the first people that performed dentistry in China and France were barbers.
history: I love going to the dentist!
That is interesting to know. Did you know that dentists are surgeons who specialize in dentistry?
Yes. My dentist gives me a hand mirror so I can watch what she is doing. My favorite thing to watch was the root canal she performed on me.
That is fascinating, actually. One fact you might like to know is that the first people that performed dentistry in China and France were barbers.
No way!  Go get a shave, then have a tooth pulled?  Even I would draw the line there!
knowledge: Street dentistry is the unlicensed practice of dentistry in the street, usually for people who are unable to afford licensed dental care.
response: Wait until you hear about street dentistry, which is when dentistry is performed by unlicensed practitioners in the street.
history: I love going to the dentist!
That is interesting to know. Did you know that dentists are surgeons who specialize in dentistry?
Yes. My dentist gives me a hand mirror so I can watch what she is doing. My favorite thing to watch was the root canal she performed on me.
That is fascinating, actually. One fact you might like to know is that the first people that performed dentistry in China and France were barbers.
No way!  Go get a shave, then have a tooth pulled?  Even I would draw the line there!
Wait until you hear about street dentistry, which is when dentistry is performed by unlicensed practitioners in the street.
I guess that's akin to back alley abortions.  Street dentistry is probably a result of people not having dental insurance.  Terrible!
knowledge: One of the first attempts to regulate the practice of dentistry came in France in 1400, when royal decrees prohibited barbers not in the Guild of Barbers from performing surgical procedures except for bleeding, cupping, leeching, and extracting teeth.
response: Well, another thing I can say about this subject is that regulation of the practice of dentistry was first attempted in France in 1400.
history: I love going to the dentist!
That is interesting to know. Did you know that dentists are surgeons who specialize in dentistry?
Yes. My dentist gives me a hand mirror so I can watch what she is doing. My favorite thing to watch was the root canal she performed on me.
That is fascinating, actually. One fact you might like to know is that the first people that performed dentistry in China and France were barbers.
No way!  Go get a shave, then have a tooth pulled?  Even I would draw the line there!
Wait until you hear about street dentistry, which is when dentistry is performed by unlicensed practitioners in the street.
I guess that's akin to back alley abortions.  Street dentistry is probably a result of people not having dental insurance.  Terrible!
Well, another thing I can say about this subject is that regulation of the practice of dentistry was first attempted in France in 1400.
I wonder if that is when dentists had to actually go to medical school and get some sort of training besides cutting hair!
knowledge: In this era, surgery was seldom conducted by physicians, but instead by barbers, who, in having razors indispensable to their trade, were called upon for numerous tasks ranging from cutting hair to amputating limbs.
response: Also, surgery was actually performed by barbers in that era.