History of Dental Implants Flashcards
(2500 BC) tried to stabilize shifting or loose teeth with wire made of gold
Ancient Egyptians
(2000 BC) pegs carved from bamboo were used as replacement teeth
Ancient China
(1000 BC) copper pegs were hammered into the jawbone of an ____________________
Egyptian king
(500 BC) used the teeth extracted from slaves to replace those of the more worthy
Phoenicians
(500 BC) used gold bands to fix their teeth
Etruscans
(100 BC) people in different parts of the world replaced missing teeth with teeth from ___________ and ___________
animals and slaves
(600 AD) used seashells to replace missing teeth; used stones and metal inlays to decorate teeth
Mayans
(800 AD) stone implants came into favor in the _________ culture
Mayan/Honduran
(500 BC) wrote about the possibility of anchoring artificial teeth to the gums using gold or silk thread in order to replace extracted elements
Hippocrates
(100 AD) mentioned possibility of replacing a missing dental element by implanting a tooth taken from a cadaver
Cornelius Celsus
(936-1013) described procedures for replacing lost elements with other teeth made of bony fragments from large mammals
Abucalsis
noted that it was possible to replant teeth that had been ‘expelled from their sockets accidentally, tying them to the remaining teeth’
Ambroise Pare
1700s: ______________
modern history of implants
major obstacle to development of implants by innovators
inadequate biomaterials
inserted a gold implant tube in a fresh extraction site, allowing it to heal passively before adding a crown
Nancy Maggiolo