Technology

The 20th Century has been the most prolific or productive century for human invention. Individuals who were lucky enough to have been born at the beginning of the century (20th Century starts in 1900) have seen telegraphs transform to satellite phones, horse-drawn carriages give way to trans-continental flight, and common deaths from diseases which we now treat as medical oddities.

//How did these changes happen?// //Why has so much changed?// //What has the impact been?// //Where are we going?// //What has stayed the same?//
 * Key Questions To Consider**:

Our first assignment is going to be a “wikispace” timeline of the ten most important inventions of the last century in an individual category.

Communication- How do people interact and share their messages? Transportation- What methods do people use to move themselves, goods and services? Medicine- What advancements in medical technology have changed and in many cases improved people’s lives? Industry/Construction- How have we changed the way we design, manufacture, and use material items? Entertainment/Recreation- How have the forms of entertainment that people engage in evolved over the century? What effects have come from advancements in entertainment technology? Agriculture (FOOD)- What changes have been made to the ways we produce, prepare, market and consume food over last century?
 * Categories:**

You will title the page on your wikispace “Technology” Each of your 10 entries should have at least one picture and a summary of the technological advance or event and its impact in the field. Each entry should be at least (5) complete sentences long. Every entry should be IN YOUR OWN WORDS and proofread for spellin and gramar. At the top of the wikispace page you should introduce your category and speculate on the future advancements in the field (ex. the future of transportation may be in “light rail” trains).



Tania Mendez American History Medical technology Dentistry Ancient Origins: The history of dentistry dates back to the ancient beginnings of many different tribes and people. In 5000 B.C, it was recorded in a Sumerian text that there was a creature known to them as “tooth worms” that was the cause of dental decay. Around 1700-1500 B.C, in Egypt, it was recorded in a text of diseases in the mouth, mostly teeth and different remedies and cures for them. This knowledge was known as the Ebers Papyrus. Hippocrates and Aristotle wrote about dentistry. They wrote about the patterns of teeth, how to treat rotting and decaying of teeth, gums, and disease, removing teeth and how to stabilize teeth by using wires. Middle Ages and the Renaissance: During the ages into the middle ages, dentistry had evolved from what the ancients knew. Around the 500 to 1000, medicines and dentistry were practiced mostly by monks in Europe. In the 1310s through 1163 Barbers helped monks perform surgeries and knifes and razors became very useful sources. But because of the papal edicts, the monks couldn’t perform the surgeries so the barbers had to take over. In 1210, the whole barbers guild was in France and soon separated into two groups: Surgeons, who were educated and did surgeries daily, and barber surgeons who switch between cutting hair and surgery. In 1575, the known ‘father of surgery’, Ambrose Pare completed his first book on practical dentistry and treatments for some of the diseases. The 18th Century: As time moved into the 18th century, the study of dentistry reached another level of practice and discovery. Pierre Fauchard in 1723, published his book called “The surgeon dentist, A treatise of teeth.” His book was the first to describe the comprehensive system that went into the practice of dentistry and describe the oral anatomy and functions. In 1760, a highly trained dentist from America, immigrates to England to begin practicing. Through the 1760s and 80s, Isaac Greenwood practices dentistry as the first dentist natively born in America. The 19th Century: Advancements in science and Education took place in the 19th Century. Richard C. Skinner, wrote “The treastise on the Human Teeth” which was the first American publish dental book in 1801. In 1832, the first reclining chair was invented by James Snell. In 1839, Charles Goodyear began to invent the process that made hardening rubber which they converted and used to make false teeth. It was soon accepted and used by other dentists and by 1864, it was perfected. Nitrous Oxide was used as anesthesia to extract teeth in private by a connecticut dentist named Horace Wells in 1844. Lucy Beaman Hobbs became the first woman to get her dental degree in 1866. 28 schools for dentistry were made and established in 1880. Present Day Dentistry:  Over the years, Dentistry has really changed from how the egyptians viewed through the 19th Century and now, things have escaladed to a whole different level. With the technological evolvtion of the 2000s, Dentistry is able to go much deeper in it’s study and understanding. We’ve expands our knowledge so now, they’re isn’t just ‘dentists’, there’s a wide variety of different fields and different levels of practice. There is more institutions and schools where many young adults can go and learn and get the education they need to become high quality dentists and it’s only getting bigger as the years go by.