History Of Dentistry In The Philippines Flashcards
practice of dental ornamentation can be regarded as the earliest form of _____
Aesthetic Dentistry
___ Methods of Tooth Modification
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Filing the ____ down slightly so they
are even.
front tooth
Filing or ____ the front teeth down even
with the gums.
sawing
Filing or ____ the upper front teeth to
points.
Chipping
Filing _____ of the outer surface
of the front upper tooth.
concave grooves
Putting ____ on filed teeth, or gold fillings or _____ in holes bored in the front teeth
gold caps, brass wires
Dyeing teeth ____
Black
The earliest written record appears to have been made in 1178 by a Chinese ____ who wrote of encountering “a fierce tribe with gold pegged teeth”, possibly from the mountains of Mindanao or Borneo.
Chou Ch’u-fei
1521, _____ wrote of encountering a native chief of Northern Mindanao “who had three spots of gold in every tooth and his teeth appeared as if bound with gold.”
Antonio Pigafetta
In Labor Evangelica, ___ writes that the Filipinos’ “greatest anxiety and care was the mouth, from infancy they polished and filed the teeth so that they might be even and pretty.
Fray Colin
Among the ____ , especially the women, it was the custom to set some of the teeth most skillfully with gold, which could not fall out, and gave a beautiful appearance.
influential people
Teeth were stained in a number of ways. Regular chewing of _____ made the teeth black.
anipay root
To give “the appearance of polished ebony” as well as to preserve the teeth, ___ , a tar-based coating, was applied.
Tapul
For a deep red color, ___ (red ant eggs) were used.
lakha
_____ were used to color the teeth and fingernails and the habitual chewing of _____ heightened and preserved the effect.
Kaso flowers, betel nut
A gold covering on the tooth, whether it was plating (held by gold pegs) or a crown (extending beyond the gum and also held by pegs) is called ___.
halop
Holes were then drilled with the use of an awl called ___ and the gold pegs, ___ , were inserted.
ulok, bansil