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

Why are Americans so uniquely obsessed with teeth? Perfect white, straight teeth. Making the American Mouth is at once a history of U.S. 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 c...

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Main Author: Picard, Alyssa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2009.
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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505 8 |a IndexAbout the Author. 
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