[The historical materials of stomatology in the All Things, Prescriptions of Fifty-two Diseases and Yinshu].

All Things, Prescriptions of Fifty-two Diseases and Yinshu were three bamboo and silk medical manuscripts which form-time was no later than the late Warring States period. From the visible bamboo and silk, the ancient Chinese knew the relationships between some drugs and the volume of saliva and used compound drugs to treat dental caries. Some oral and maxillofacial diseases, such as inflammation and pain of oromaxillo-facial region, temporomandibular dislocation and the methods of treatment were descriped in these books. Mouth-rinsing and tooth-picking were the more often used methods for maintaining oral hygiene. Kouchi(clicking the tooth)was also used for prevention and/or treatment of caries. Most of these knowledge were the first documents in ancient China.

Estomatología en Cuba y su encargo social / The Cuban dentistry and its social responsibility

Encargo social es la responsabilidad de actuar en beneficio del bien público, la preocupación por satisfacerlo ha sido visible en la Estomatología cubana a partir de 1959 en que se inicia una etapa para la profesión que resalta por su accesibilidad, gratuidad y cobertura a toda la población, incluidas las comunidades más aisladas. La salud bucal de la población cubana ha mejorado considerablemente a nivel nacional, a consecuencia de ser considerada entre las áreas prioritarias del Ministerio de Salud Pública y a su conducción programática adecuada, acorde además a la situación de cada momento. El primer programa emprendido en los años 60, dio paso en los 80, a los programas orientados a grupos de población específicos como los menores de 15 años, adultos, población con retraso mental y al dirigido a la prevención precoz del cáncer bucal. Luego, para responder al modelo de atención de medicina familiar y satisfacer los nuevos requerimientos de la atención primaria de salud, los programas específicos se integraron en el Programa Nacional de Atención Estomatológica Integral en el año 1992, el que fuera revisado en el 2002 y en el 2009; en esta ocasión, en respuesta a la reorganización, las proyecciones para el 2015 y la incorporación de nuevos profesionales en la atención estomatológica, egresados de la Licenciatura en Tecnología de la Salud en los perfiles de atención estomatológica y prótesis dental...(AU)

[The overview of the prevention and treatment of dental disease in ancient China].

About 2000 years ago, our country already had a record about mouth washing. It was one of the earliest countries that invented teeth brushing and the toothbrush. It mentioned many kinds of effective techniques of teeth protection and health improvment such as swallowing the saliva, knocking the teeth and practising Qigong. About 3000 years ago, our country already had records about dental disease and had established the specialty of stomatology and dentistry in the Tang dynasty. The methods of treating toothache by acupuncture and external medicine, treating caries by arsenic trioxide and using silver paste to fill the teeth, using artificial teeth for restoration, and treating periodontosis by teeth-cleaning techniques all took the lead in the world. Traditional Chinese Medicines are still used today to treat toothache and periodontosis in clinic.

[The developmental history of the dental filling materials].

Caries may cause substantial defects in the hard tissue of teeth. The dental filling for defects is an effective method to resume teeth complete form and masticatory function as well as aesthetic effects. The filling material is artificial restorative material to fill the dental defects. Tracing back the developing process of dental filling materials, we can see the advancement of stomotology of human beings. There was a revolutionary change in the filling materials from filling dental cavity with Chinese medicinal herbs to silver paste, from establishing the composition and proportion standardization of the silver amalgam filling materials to the application of new macromolecule compound resin. This is a continuous improvement and renewal in the idea and technology of dental filling treatment so that perfects the dental filling method and enables the retention of more healthy dental tissue. In addition, it pushes the development of dental aesthetics, adhesives and technology. With the improvement of people's health standard, aesthetic demands and environmental awareness, compound resin restorative materials has become clinically preferred dental filling materials of doctors and patients in clinic.