RESUMO
Incluso sin la historia médica de Don Porfi rio, sólo por escuchar unainteresante crónica del historiador Juan Manuel Villalpando, hoy en el centenario de su muerte, y ante la encontrada opinión de quienes sin saber mucho de historia lo juzgan como un tirano dictador y otros más enterados y ante el legado histórico y cultural lo llaman héroe liberal. Éste es un relato alineado y paralelo a lo que probablemente pasó en la boca y dientes de Don Porfirio cuando su encía desguarnecida ostentaba dolor en algunos dientes. Con las obras consultadas y las fuentesencontradas no sabemos bien qué fue lo más doloroso; tal vez el dolor de la derrota, o el dolor insoportable por una muela rota
Though a detailed medical history of Porfirio Díaz has yet to be un-covered, much can be learned from an interesting chronicle published by historian Juan Manuel Villalpando in what is the centenary of the death of this former Mexican president, one regarded as a tyrant dicta-tor by those with only a limited knowledge of history, while the more informed proclaim him to be a liberal hero, based on his historical and cultural legacy. This complementary and parallel account provides a picture of what is likely to have been going on in the mouth and teeth of the president as he endured the exposed gum and the toothache that affected several of Don Porfi rios teeth. Based on the works consulted and sources found, we cannot be certain which was the greater of Don Pofi rios woes: the pain of defeat or the unbearable agony of a broken tooth.
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História do Século XIX , Doenças da Gengiva/história , Governo Federal/história , História da Odontologia , Odontalgia/história , Educação em Saúde Bucal/história , Extração Dentária/história , México , Odontologia Preventiva/história , Odontólogos/históriaRESUMO
Numerous written relicts, belletristic works (poems of Martial, Juvenal, Ovid etc.) indicate that oral hygiene and its tools (toothbrush, toothpick, use of tooth pastes and tooth-powder) were used long before our times. Already ancient people started to remove, file, dye and inlay teeth. The teeth were dyed red, green or black in Egypt, red or brown (with henna or betel) in India, white by Romans. The teeth decoration has a long but forgotten history. The most skillful and artistic work was done by the Maya's between 900 BC and 1500 AD. The modification of contours (more than fifty forms) of the incisors were practiced also in Mesoamerica. Dentistry was surely practiced in ancient Egypt, India, China, Greece and Rome, while odontology and especially suitable dental appliances arose only by Etruscan. Dental prosthesis, including bridges and simple retention bands were invented by the Etruscans 2500 years ago. These Etruscan bridges were worn mostly by females, suggesting that cosmetics was the principal dental concern. Some,--if not all--of the Roman and other prostheses have been purely ornamental. Orthodontic appliances are also Etruscan invention. The holes caused by caries were filled with garlic, incense, caraway seed in Egypt, with wood or lead in Rome, and with "silver-paste" (amalgam) in ancient China. The toothache was cured with poppy-tee, or hashish and nightshade plants (Solanaceae) in Egypt, Greece, Roman Empire while with coca (Erythroxylon coca) in South-America.
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Assistência Odontológica/história , História da Odontologia , Higiene Bucal/história , Doenças Estomatognáticas/história , América Central , Assistência Odontológica/métodos , Cárie Dentária/história , Feminino , Mundo Grego/história , História Antiga , Humanos , Masculino , Medicina na Literatura , Ortodontia/história , Ortodontia/métodos , Paleodontologia/história , Mundo Romano/história , Odontalgia/históriaRESUMO
Basado en diversas circunstancias anecdóticas, el autor destaca algunas constumbres típicas recogidas en su paso por México, con aspectos un tanto pintorescos sobre el ejercicio de la odontología, y encuentra allí "muchos detalles para pensar, al margen de las costumbres folklóricas tradicionales". Como corolario apuntamos una reflexión sobre el problema de la sustracción de niños con fines inconfesables. "Extracciones sin dolor?"
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Extração Dentária/história , Literatura , Odontalgia/históriaRESUMO
Basado en diversas circunstancias anecdóticas, el autor destaca algunas constumbres típicas recogidas en su paso por México, con aspectos un tanto pintorescos sobre el ejercicio de la odontología, y encuentra allí "muchos detalles para pensar, al margen de las costumbres folklóricas tradicionales". Como corolario apuntamos una reflexión sobre el problema de la sustracción de niños con fines inconfesables. "Extracciones sin dolor?" (AU)
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Literatura , Odontalgia/história , Extração Dentária/históriaRESUMO
Es presentada de manera elocuente una reseña histórica de la odontología que incita a la reflexión