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Bifulco M, Amato M, Gangemi G, Marasco M, Caggiano M, Amato A, Pisanti S. Dental care and dentistry practice in the Medieval Medical School of Salerno. Br Dent J 2018; 221:87-9. [PMID: 27444600 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2016.528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Even though dental care is sometimes erroneously considered a modern practice, written records from major ancient civilisation all around the world date back to several millennia BC. In particular, in the Middle Ages, among the tenth and thirteenth centuries, the illustrious Medical School of Salerno in Italy, the most important institution in the Western world for the diffusion of medical knowledge, disseminated through its precepts the importance of oral hygiene and practiced specific dental therapies for tooth decay, gingivitis, paradentosis and halitosis among others. Interestingly, several of the officinal plants and natural ingredients proposed for oral care by the school's most famous physicians recipes, notably those of the legendary Trotula De Ruggiero, considered the first female physician in history, are still in vogue in the twenty-first century.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Bifulco
- History of Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- Dentistry Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- History of Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- History of Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- Dentistry Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- Dentistry Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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- History of Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Via S Allende, 84081, Baronissi, Italy
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Maggiorelli E, Gangemi G. [Quantitative gas chromatographic determination of pyrethrin and piperonylbutoxide in pyrenone and its kerosene diluted solutions]. Boll Chim Farm 1970; 109:380-4. [PMID: 5484709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Bonomo I, Samara A, Tavares HP, Schneider M, Gangemi G. [Clinical evaluation of the latex test]. Hospital (Rio J) 1967; 71:387-94. [PMID: 5302391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Maggiorelli E, Gangemi G, Conti L. [Colorimetric determination of phenybutazone]. Boll Chim Farm 1966; 105:893-897. [PMID: 5994035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Maggiorelli E, Gangemi G. [Spectrophotometric determination of methaquelone]. Boll Chim Farm 1966; 105:128-30. [PMID: 5938243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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