Periodontology: From its Origins up to 1980: A Survey

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Prehistorical evidence of periodontal diseases....Pages 2-2
Contributions of ancient civilizations....Pages 3-6
The Middle Ages....Pages 7-12
The 16th and 17th centuries....Pages 13-15
The 18th century....Pages 16-21
The 19th century....Pages 22-37
The first quarter of the 20th century....Pages 38-51
Dawn of the second quarter of the 20th century....Pages 52-53
An important international event in 1926: the Dental Congress in Philadelphia....Pages 54-66
New orientations....Pages 67-67
In the period between the founding of the ‘Journal of Periodontology’ and the end of the Second World War....Pages 68-70
The development of periodontal surgery: parallel evolution on two continents....Pages 71-72
European periodontology in 1931; the 8th International Dental Congress in Paris....Pages 73-75
Towards the establishment of international exchanges....Pages 76-77
The origins of oral biology....Pages 78-79
Searching for general predispositional conditions....Pages 80-81
European confrontations: The Vienna Congress 1936....Pages 82-88
A decisive turn for the dental profession....Pages 89-91
New orientations....Pages 92-92
Last gleam before a period of obscurity....Pages 93-93
Polemic about “paradentose”....Pages 94-94
Creation of an international periodical....Pages 95-96
Renewal of international relations....Pages 97-97
Return to terminology....Pages 98-99
Developments in the United States and England between 1940 and 1950....Pages 100-104
A conference on periodontal disease, 1950....Pages 105-105
Decisions concerning a European classification expressed in Latin (ARPA, Madrid 1951)....Pages 106-106
New and varied topics....Pages 107-108
Research on the American continent....Pages 109-112
European contributions 1950–1955....Pages 113-114
Efforts towards Euro-American cooperation....Pages 115-116
Classification and nomenclature: a restatement....Pages 117-118
The opinion of a European pathologist....Pages 119-119
New investigations (1955–1957)....Pages 120-122
An important event....Pages 123-124
The European Congress, Paris 1958....Pages 125-126
Education in periodontology in the United States....Pages 127-127
Periodontal surgery....Pages 128-129
Research between 1958 and 1960....Pages 130-134
International Congress, Vienna 1960....Pages 135-136
New observations from 1960 to 1965....Pages 137-140
Different opinions, 1963....Pages 141-143
Geneva 1964: some restatements....Pages 144-144
Dental hygienists and specialization....Pages 145-145
Periodontology at crossroads....Pages 146-146
The ‘World Workshop in Periodontics, 1966’....Pages 147-148
The investigation period 1965–1970....Pages 149-160
Last Congress of ARPA Internationale....Pages 161-162
Microstructure of marginal periodontium: a restatement....Pages 163-164
The period between 1970 and 1980....Pages 165-193
European restatement....Pages 194-198
Periodontology and the World Health Organization (WHO)....Pages 199-200
Addendum....Pages 201-202
Summary....Pages 203-204
Back Matter....Pages 205-257