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Evolution of Dental Aesthetics in History by Lester Moe is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the history and social context of dental aesthetics. It describes how Mayan civilization practiced dental decoration by filing teeth into shapes and decorating with jade inlays for ornamental purposes. While sometimes there were benefits, often the side effects were harmful like abscesses. The document then discusses how smiles showing teeth did not appear in history until the early 1900s in American images, and attributes this change to broader physical attractiveness trends and adv
- Author
- Lester Moe
- Language
- EN