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Teeth : the untold story of beauty, inequality, and the struggle for oral health in America / Mary Otto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Otto, Mary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dental care.
- Dental care, Cost of.
- Dental hygiene.
- Dental economics.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services.
- Dental Care--economics.
- Healthcare Disparities.
- Tooth Diseases--complications.
- Dental Care--history.
- Poverty.
- Health Policy.
- Dental care--United States.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dental Care--economics.
- Healthcare Disparities.
- Tooth Diseases--complications.
- Dental Care--history.
- Poverty.
- Health Policy.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services.
- Poverty.
- Dental care--United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health.
- Contents:
- Part I Bad Teeth
- 1 Beauty 3
- 2 Suffering 30
- 3 Emergencies 51
- 4 The World Beneath Our Noses 65
- Part II The Dental Art
- 5 The Birth of American Dentistry 93
- 6 Separate Lives 113
- 7 Adventurers and Auxiliaries 133
- 8 The System 162
- 9 Color Lines 181
- Part III A Sentinel Event
- 10 Deamonte's World 203
- 11 Riding into the Epidemic 223
- 12 Sons and Daughters of Chapin Harris 246.
- Notes:
- Part I. Bad teeth -- Beauty -- Suffering -- Emergencies -- The world beneath our noses -- Part II. The dental art -- The birth of American dentistry -- Separate lives -- Adventurers and auxiliaries -- The system -- Color lines -- Part III. A sentinel event -- Deamonte's world -- Riding into the epidemic -- Sons and daughters of Chapin Harris.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Otto, Mary, author. Teeth.
- ISBN:
- 9781620971444
- 1620971445
- OCLC:
- 975769665
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