Dentistry has a long and storied history; depending on how you define the field, there have been dentists treating people’s teeth since 5000 B.C.! However, if you’re looking specifically at pediatric dentistry, this wasn’t considered a specialty unto itself until the early 1900s.
If you’re curious about how pediatric dentistry came to be, and when it began to take hold across the country, here’s a brief summary of the history of this field.
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