Fauchard to digital: advances in dentistry 

Who invented the dental chair? When did dentists first use anaesthetics? 

Find the answer to these questions and more in this short timeline. Tracking the most important advances in Western dentistry since the 1700s.


Learn more about the development of dentistry as a profession: Dentistry in Queensland: a timeline.

Curiosities from the dark past of dentistry: From Eerie Fairies to Ether Frolics