When blacksmiths were dentists

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	17 Jul 2010 11:15
	Growing your own teeth from stem cells might seem blue-sky thinking, but dentists are confident this will become a reality within the next 50 years. It all seems a far cry from the days when just pulling a tooth was fraught with danger and when barbers, wig makers and even blacksmiths would dabble in dentistry. This year the dental establishment celebrates 150 years since the first dental licence. To mark the occasion, the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in London is holding an exhibition to mark the life and career of Sir John Tomes, the first person to officially register himself as a 'dentist'. A lot more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10552644
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 3,307 Send Message	BrendafromWales	Report	17 Jul 2010 14:19
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 3,307 Send Message	Even my mother born 1912 could remember going to the fair,and there was a caravan with a man banging a drum outside so you wouldn't hear the screams of people who had paid to have their teeth out by some one trying to make a living! No health service then and not many could afford to pay much,so this was an alternative cheaper way.....Personally I would have rather fastened a piece of string and tied it to the door knob and shut the door. Brenda x