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avoid some repetition, especially when^ as in this history, chapters are written
by diflerent authors. It is believed, however, that wherever such repetition
of matter occurs in this work, it is presented in an entirely different setting
and with such diversified side lights, as almost to constitute it new matter.
It is hoped that the motive for the writing and compiling of this history
has been sustained sufficiently well in its pages to earn the appreciation of the
profession.
Wliile the Editor desires to extend his most grateful acknowledgment to
all the contributors, who produced the chapters on Societies, Dental Laws and
their administrations, and on Dental Colleges and Schools, he feels particularly
indebted to Drs. Edmund Noyes, Henry L. Ambler, Simeon H. Guilford, Ed-
ward C. Mills and William H. Trueman. Associate Editors, who wrote the sec-
tions on Operative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry, Orthodontia, Dental Litera-
ture and Dental Journalism, respectively. To Dr. Burton Lee Thorpe the Asso-
ciate Editor, who has assumed the entire charge of the second volume, devoted
to the history of the men who made a history of the dental profession a possi-
bility, the Editor desires to extend his sincere thanks.
Many suggestions and much assistance have been received during the four
years that have been spent in preparation of this publication from Drs.
William H. Trueman, Edward C. Mills, G. V. Black, Charles McManus, Tru-
man W. Brophy, Frederick B. Noyes and Thomas W. Gilmer, which is hereby
thankfully acknowledged.

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After the form relating to the dentistry of the middle ages had been printed, Dr.
Edward C. Mills called the attention of the Editor to a medical work published in 1450
by Giovanni d 'Areola of Padua, in which he mentions gold leaf for the filling of decayed
teeth. The earliest published references to gold being used for this purpose, as noted in
the chapters of this book, is 1532.