
494 - Beyond "Drill and Fill"—Oral Health Is Critical to Overall Health, So Why Isn't It Considered Part of Medicine?
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Oral Health
How did we get to a place where oral health is not considered medical health? It actually has some routes with baltimore or there was a gentleman in the 18 twenties, i think his name was hayden, who was recommending to the local baltimore medical school how to address facial infections. And it really wasn't considered something that the medical school wanted to get involved with. But over the years, even though, you know, 've been other individuals, dentists, who demonstrated the benefits of ether and nitrous oxide, gradually we get this ongoing separation.
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