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[A historiographical overview of the historical literature of dentistry]
1Semmelweis University, Institute for Public Health, Department Medical History. forjud@net.sote.hu
Abstract:
Historiographical works of dentistry present cultural, intellectual, technical, institutional aspects of dentistry as well. They evaluate and reconstruct the past of the profession from the prehistoric times till the end of the 20th century. Present article sketching the history of dental historiography summarizes the most important works, reference books and articles published on the field of history of dentistry, evaluates and annotates the single publica tions, grouping them by their (French, German, English and Hungarian) languages.
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