Making the American mouth : dentists and public health in the twentieth century /
Why are Americans so uniquely obsessed with teeth? Brilliantly white, straight teeth? Making the American Mouth is at once a history of United States dentistry and a study of a billion-dollar industry. Alyssa Picard chronicles the forces that limited Americans' access to dental care in the earl...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2009
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Edition: | 1st ed |
Series: | Critical issues in health and medicine
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