Thank You, Modern Medicine!

At Lakeshore Family Dentistry, we are thankful for the numerous advances in dental technology, and we’re pretty sure our patients are too. We use only the newest dental technologies and the latest methods, procedures and equipment in order to ensure that our patients are getting the high quality care they deserve. Your comfort is extremely important to us, and thanks to these new technologies, we are able to treat your dental problems in less time and with minimal to no pain whatsoever.

For those of you who aren’t able to truly grasp the significance that modern dental technology has made in your life, let’s take a little stroll through the streets of dental history…

7000 BC – The Era of the Bow Drill:The bow drill was used to cure all tooth problems…as well as to create the friction needed to start fires. Handy. Funnily enough, the era of the bow drill was also about the time that dental assistants were introduced to the field. Back then, the job of an assistant was to hold down the patient’s flailing arms and legs as the dentist went to work on their teeth.

1790 – The Era of the Dental Foot Engine: Sounds scary, right? That’s because it was. The Dental Foot Engine was a drill attached to one end of a rotary cable, which was attached to the wheel with gearing and a belt. The dentist – or maybe his assistant? – would push the pedal up and down. The key objective? To get the drill to spin.

The Era of the Extraction: Up until the 16th century, there were no “dentists.” Rather, barbers and physicians performed the work that would later be dedicated to dental professionals. However, until the first dentist came along, these makeshift dentists had free reign, and the freedom to perform their favorite procedure—the extraction…

The Era of the Dental Key: The dental key was first introduced in 1730, and, much to our surprise, remained the most popular tool for pulling teeth until the 20th century. The dental key was modeled after a door key, and was used by first inserting the instrument horizontally into the mouth. Once in, its "claw" would be tightened over a tooth and then rotated to loosen the tooth. This often resulted in the tooth breaking, causing jaw fractures and soft tissue damage.

These are just a few of the old “technologies” that we’re thankful to be rid of today. To see what dental technologies we’re thankful to have in their place, visit http://www.lakeshorefamilydentist.com/educational-videos.html.

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