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Did you Know?

Around 35 A.D., Roman encyclopedist Celsus wrote an extensive medical text, called On Medicine, which covered not just dentistry, but also heart disease, insanity, tonsillectomy and many other conditions. Celsus' book included an entire chapter on dealing with toothaches, which he called "among the worst of tortures." He recommended using mouth rinses, hot poultices, steam and other remedies to relieve pain, and believed extraction should be used only as a last resort. He also recommended cleaning stained teeth with a mixture of pounded rose leaves, gallnuts (little round growths produced on the leaves and shoots of oak trees by insects) and myrrh.

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Dr. George Franklin Grant was the son of former slaves, one of the first African Americans to graduate from Harvard Dental School, and an avid golfer. On December 12, 1899, he received U.S. patent No. 638,920 for the world's first patented golf tee. In his patent application, Dr. Grant wrote, "This invention has for its object the production of a simple, cheap, and effective tee for use in the game of golf, obviating the use of the usual conical mounds of sand or similar material formed by the fingers of the player on which the ball is supported when driving off."

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The 1500s may have been a period of an intellectual Renaissance, but people were still stuck in the Dark Ages when it came to taking care of their teeth. People cleaned their teeth by rubbing them with a mixture of powdered pumice stone, brick and coral - an abrasive combination that not only removed the stain, but also the enamel. Other "toothpastes" of the time featured various combinations of honey, sugar, burnt salt, vinegar and white wine.

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