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Teeth : the story of beauty, inequality, and the struggle for oral health in America / Mary Otto.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Otto, Mary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Dental care.
- Dental care, Cost of.
- Dental hygiene.
- Dental economics.
- Dental Care--economics.
- Healthcare Disparities.
- Tooth Diseases--complications.
- Dental Care--history.
- Poverty.
- Health Policy.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Dental Care--economics.
- Healthcare Disparities.
- Tooth Diseases--complications.
- Dental Care--history.
- Poverty.
- Health Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 291 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part I. Bad Teeth: Beauty
- Suffering
- Emergencies
- The world beneath our noses
- Part II. 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thomas W. Evans Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1620972816
- 9781620972816
- Publisher Number:
- 99981865223
- 40026973882
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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