French Mobile Dental Vehicles during the Great War.

The development and implementation of mobile dental clinics in World War I is described.

Ron Gain and his dental practice before and during the Second World War.

A history of Ronald Gain's dental practice is described including his service during the Second World War. An account is given of the bomb damage in and around the practice in Peckham Rye.

[Treatment organization for patients with gunshot wounds of the maxillo-facial region evacuated during the military operations in the Far East (1938-1939) and the war with Finland (1939-1940)].

This article describes the path of the maxillo-facial surgery to becoming an independent part of the general surgery. We will look closely at the experience, gained y field surgeons during the events at Lake Hasan and Halkin-Gol river. The war with Finland, that enabled the surgeons to develop the system of specialized dental help for the gunshot wounds, to create standarts of specialized equipment, examples of splints, etc, which were widely used during the World War II.

Historical perspective on U.S. military dental classification.

The objective of this article is to describe from a historical perspective the use of dental epidemiology and surveillance in the three U.S. military Dental Corps. The time described starts in 1882 and includes very recent events. The year 1981 was a milestone because it marks the author's personal involvement in this area of research, and because at that time the three U.S. Dental Corps were being pressured from the highest level to make dental care more militarily relevant. I provide (1) a basic description of the rationale for the classification-driven system and (2) additional comments on dental epidemiology methods from a historical perspective. I observed that the intent in 1981 was to provide a population-based index for Congress and Department of Defense, but today there appears to be more interest in the accuracy of predicting risk for dental emergencies in individual service members. The current dental classification may not be capable of doing both.

David Farrar Mitchell: dental researcher & educator.

David Farrar Mitchell, DDS, PhD (1918-1975), was a pioneer in aviation dentistry and a leader in dental education, service and research. In the mid-1940's, he was the first dental officer assigned to the School of Aviation Medicine (SAM) in San Antonio, Texas, a unique, Army Air Corps organization for research and teaching. From 1942-1946, as a trained dental researcher and oral pathologist, he published works on dental problems afflicting military aviators, especially those associated with high altitude flying. His work greatly influenced ongoing dental treatment of military flyers. He served as faculty chairman of two dental schools: The University of Minnesota (1948-1955) and Indiana University (1955-1975). Of his 33 graduate students in oral pathology/medicine, 28 became department chairs at dental schools throughout the world. He was president of the American Academy of Oral Pathology (1962) and of the American Association for Dental Research (1975). From 1969 to 1975, he was editor of the prestigious Journal of Dental Research. During his professional career, Dr. Mitchell published 120 scientific articles on diverse topics relating to oral diagnosis and oral medicine.

[Doctor Albéric Pont (1870-1960). Dental surgeon, doctor and creator of the center of maxillo-facial surgery of Lyon in 1914]. / Le docteur Albéric Pont (1870-1960). Chirurgien-dentiste, médecin et créateur du centre de chirurgie maxillo-faciale de Lyon en 1914.

As Stomatologist and Dental Surgeon Albéric Pont founded with six other Dental Surgeons the School of Dentistry in Lyons which he ran for a long time. When he enlisted in the French Army in 1914 he soon became aware of the extent of facial damage that occurred among the injured soldiers. His subsequent decision was to create and run a Centre for maxillofacial surgery in Lyons. He died in 1960 and left a significant scientific work as well as technical elements of surgery, dental index and devices which still bear his name.

[Development of tooth implantation in the Central Stomatologic Polyclinic of Ministry of Defense of Ukraine].

The article presents information on stages of the development of teeth implantation in the central stomatologic polyclinic of Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The authors showed obtained results after introduction of replanatation of teeth and implantation. Advantage of clinical use of implantation against traditional teeth prosthetics was shown.

[The influence of three American dentists during the Civil War (1861-1865)]. / L'influence de trois dentistes américains pendant la Guerre de Sécession (1861-1865).

In 1861, the bloodiest conflict in American history broke out. It only ended up in 1865, the Union being victorious. Surprisingly, dentists, thanks to their military cleverness, their diplomatic know-how or their medical devotion, had a major influence on this fratricidal war.

[Stages of the development of military stomatology and oral surgery in main Clinical Military Hospital of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine].

The article presents stages of the foundation and development of military stomatology and oral surgery in main clinical military hospital of ministry of defence of Ukraine for last 250 years. The authors outlined the role of scientists and physicians of the hospital in the treatment and prophylactics of teeth diseases of military persons as well as in studing dentofacial wounds and their replacement. Cumulative expirience was shown to be important for the development of military stomatology in total.

[Organization of stomatological care in Russian army during first World War 1914-1917 y].

The article presents issues on organization of stomatological care in Russian army during First World War. The author showed reasons of low efficiency of the treatment of soldiers with maxillofacial region. Injuries beginning of a new stage in the treatment of maxillofacial region fire wounds and origin of a new specialty developed a military maxillofacial surgery.