Volume 240 Issue 12, 26 June 2026
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This issue features articles on clear aligners, hyperemesis gravidarum, and fibre-reinforced bridges.
Anonymous painting from the 19th century.
This vivid oil painting shows a dental extraction in a blacksmith’s forge. Set at a time when extraction of teeth was undertaken by a variety of practitioners from blacksmiths, wig makers and barbers. The figures bear some resemblance to the Mid 19th century domestic genre painters such as William Henry Knight (1823-1863) and William Henry Hunt (1790-1864) but the painting has no firm attribution.
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Art by Anon. 19th Century; Image of Art ©BDA/Photography by Filip Gierlinski
