Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century PDF

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Making the American Mouth is at once a history of United States dentistry and a study of a billion-dollar industry. Alyssa Picard chronicles the forces that limited Americans access to dental care in the early twentieth century and the ways dentists worked to expand that access--and improve the public image of their profession. Comprehensive in scope, this work describes how dentists early public health commitments withered under the strain of fights over fluoride, mid-century social movements for racial and gender equity, and pressure to insure dental costs. It explains how dentists came to promote cosmetic services, and why Americans were so eager to purchase them. As we move into the twenty-first century, dentists success in shaping their industry means that for many, the perfect American smile will remain a distant--though tantalizing--dream.Direct download links available for PRETITLE Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century POSTTITLE

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• File Size: 2384 KB
• Print Length: 248 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press; 1 edition (May 15, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003AVMZEK
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Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century PDF

Alyssa Picard gives the reader a jaw-dropping look at the history of American dentistry. The details are impressive--and discouraging--as we discover a greedy, self-serving branch of the health industry. If we have a case against Wall Street, we should also see parallels in the dental office. Ms. Picard has given us an in- depth insight into a strange, quasi-industrial segment of the health machine that long ago fell from grace and honor. It's all about the buck. American dentists are driving tens of thousands of patients to foreign lands seeking decent treatment without the overt fleecing. Five glowing stars to the author.

By Phil Trupp