Ancient history Flashcards
____ (5000 BC) One of the earliest civilizations, resided in ____, which is now known as southern Iraq
Sumerians, Mesopotamia
Were one of the first to document diseases and treatments, and their medical texts included references to dental problems and solutions
Sumerians
_____ one of the most notables aspects of Sumerian dentistry, as the cause of dental decay, a concept that was observed in ancient India, Egypt, Japan and China. Also used ___ to pick and clean teeth
Tooth worm, rudimentary tools
Mesopotamia, located in ___ was home to ancient civilizations including the ___, ___, and ___.
Mediterranean region, Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians
In Mesopotamia, diseases were often attributed to ___ and ___
Pre-existing spirits and Gods
known as cavities today, was believed to be caused by tooth worms, a concept that appeared in Sumerian texts as early as 5000 BC.
Tooth Decay
There were two primary types of doctors throughout Mesopotamia’s history:
the ___ (a medical doctor who treated illness or injury empirically)
the ___ (a healer who relied upon what one would call ‘magic’)
Asu, Asipu
in Mesopotamia was maintained through a combination of ___ and ___, and the same was also true of dental health specifically. The surviving records lay out hundreds of recipes and recommendations written by ____, ____ and ___ physicians.
Medicine, Magic
Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian
One of the physicians provides us with one of the first recorded recommendations of a gum massage to treat ___
Gingivitis
If a man’s teeth are all loose and decay sets in… thou shalt rub… on his teeth until ____ comes out, and he shall recover.
Blood
Another tablet gives us a method to dispel “____” (possibly referring to inflammation):
If a man’s mouth has ____, with ___, ___, ___ he shall cleanse his mouth and drink them in ___and shall recover.
Mouth-trouble, gall-apples, ammi, mustard, kurunnu-beer
Archaeological searches have revealed _____ made of gold, silver, and bronze, sometimes found as part of vanity kits.
Toothpicks
were used 9000 years ago. Drilling into the tooth to address decay and prevent cavity from growing any bigger (Indus Valley Civilization)
Bow drills
Archaeologists studied the ____ between modern-day India and Pakistan
ancient Indus civilization
A ____ period graveyard in Pakistan where at least___ early humans showed evidence of having dental procedures performed on their teeth using a ____
Neolithic, 9, flint tipped wooden bow drill.
The ____ were interested in systemic diseases and their connection to oral manifestations. They recognized that prior to the development of ____ and ____would appear in a person’s oral cavity. (Ancient China)
Chinese, measles, white spots
Another significant area of study among Chinese surgeons in Chinese history of dentistry was
Oral Surgery
____ was first described in the Nei Ching (____). The technique used today remains essentially unchanged: ____, ____, and ___ of the tongue is all carefully noted as an aid to diagnosis.
Tongue examination, Canon of Medicine, color, coating, and moistness
A.D. 25-220
_____ ( a great diagnostician), in his commentary on the Nan Ching described the whitish spots in the mouth that are the premonitory symptom of measles.
Hua Shou
Around 2700 BC ancient Chinese started using ____ to treat pain associated with tooth decay.
Acupunctur
not all __ puncture points were located around the mouth and teeth
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The great ____ depicts a country doctor cauterizing a patient’s arm by burning it with the powdered leaves of an ____. The treatment is called ____ that is widely used along with acupuncture for treatment such as relieving toothache
Sung landscapist Li T’ang, aromatic plant, Moxibustion
were performed as early as 6000 BC when the first signs of adornment with human teeth were described.
Rudimentary dental extractions
Doctors in ancient China treated toothaches with ____ about A.D. 1000. They are also noted for their development of using ____ for filling teeth. The Chinese were particularly advanced in their observation of the oral cavity.
arsenic, silver amalgam
