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NUNEZ PEREZ, Bernardo Manuel  e  PEGUERO MOREJON, Hilda Aleida. Presence of quacks, tooth-pullers and barbers in the world literature. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2012, vol.49, n.3, pp.232-245. ISSN 0034-7507.

The world literature is a source of information and knowledge and a means of enhancing the cognitive and cultural stock of the dental professionals. Its pages collect the roots of this profession expressed in the work of quacks, tooth-pullers and barbers and their role in the creation and development of this discipline. The objective of this paper was to identify the presence of the activities carried out by them in these creations. Literature search was made in printed and computerized books and in the academic google on Internet, for which we used subject headings as quacks, tooth-pullers, barbers, teeth, mouth. Fifteen works were consulted; eight of them were selected for this paper since they made reference to this topic. The gathered information was organized by the chronological order of the authors. The study of these documents from the world literature allowed us to be aware of the excellent descriptions of the activities performed by quacks, tooth-pullers and barbers as part of the historical roots of the work of dental professionals.

Palavras-chave : quacks; tooth-pullers; barbers; teeth; mouth.

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