Like many other medical ailments which have been taken care of by ancient medicine, even dentistry has known to be as old as 3000 B.
C.
Ayurveda also shows cures for tooth ache and cavities.
Since this old science reveals cures and medicines for all the ailments including cancer, so does it also show that ancient man knew effective cures for weak tooth and other diseases related with gums.
Even the Egyptian civilization was known to be advanced in dental surgery and dental prosthetics.
This was found from research on the mummies.
There were discoveries among the Chinese civilization that their medicines and healing procedures were very advanced and they had dentists too.
Ailments have never been new to the human race.
The common problems of tooth ache have existed along with gum infections.
With time man has been finding different ways of cure and other healing procedures to see which could be a better alternative.
But in the current days a lot of children have to visit the dentist due to the habit of eating a lot of chocolates and sweets.
Chocolates are known to increase tooth decay which is the reason children have pain in their teeth.
A regular visit to the dentist reveals they need a filling.
This also leads to fears among the tiny tots when they see those sharp equipments entering their mouth.
But with time they get accustomed when they realize there is no harm being done to them.
Even though people fear going to the dentist, it is known to be by far the profession which can be trusted most.
People find dentists more trustworthy than any other medical doctors according to surveys.
Historical findings suggest that dental implants were done in olden days using the teeth from dead humans.
There are many other historical finds to suggest that dentistry has been an ancient science with gradual changes and developments.