DentistryNot Your Childhood Dental Care
Baby boomer and Silent Generation dental patients may still recall, not-so-fondly, the noisy, belt-driven equipment, cumbersome X-ray equipment, and gunky impression-taking molds once associated with dentistry. Regenerative bone and gum tissue treatment protocols were probably in their infancy. Prior to the 1960s, many people believed that losing teeth was simply a natural part of the aging process. Individuals with gum or teeth issues often had only one reliable alternative to failing or missing teeth—removable dentures....










