Pierre Fauchard

Pierre Fauchard (born towards 1678 and deceased the March 21st 1761 with Paris) was a dentist French. Following the publication in 1728 of sound treated the Dental surgeon, or Treated teeth , it is regarded as the father of the modern Odontologie.

Biography

One knows little thing over his years before the publication of his work. It doubtless was born in Brittany towards 1678 (even if the probabilities carry to believe that it was born in 1677), because its extract of death specifies that it was 83 years old.

In the foreword of its book, he writes to have followed a formation to the Department of health of the Navy, near the Army surgeon of the Vessels of King Alexandre Poteleret, who was specialist in the dental diseases, but there is no known document which attests this formation. Jean Angot suggests that Fauchard with obtained the title of Expert for the teeth before 1708, then of surgeon in 1711 or 1712. Consequently, he exerted in an itinerant way (as he was of use at the time) in all France and opens a shop in 1718, in the current street of the Old Comedy in the 6 {{E}} district of Paris.

During its activity, it trains several dentists (as it was of use because there did not exist yet of school), among whom Gaillard, his Strapping man-Courteous nephew, Gaulard and especially his/her brother-in-law Laurent Tugdual-Duchemin, who it sonsidère like its single pupil .

In 1747 it is always established street of the Medical school in the 6th district of Paris.

He dies the March 21st 1761, on of Cordeliers in Paris. André Leroux of Founds (1724-1789), then his associate, takes again his ensign with his death.

Private life

Of his private life, one knows that he married the August 17th 1729 Elisabeth Guillemette Chemin, resulting from a family of the Comédie-Française. Together they have a son the March 19th 1737, Jean-Baptiste. After the death of his wife the November 10th 1739, it marries the small cousin of the latter, Louise Rousselot, the June 5th 1747, but they separate the January 19th 1751.

the Dental surgeon

Work major of Pierre Fauchard, the Dental surgeon, or Treated teeth , published in 1728 is the first compilation of knowledge of the time in odontology. This book is regarded as marking the beginning of modern odontology. The book knows an 2nd edition in 1746, where it is re-examined, corrected and increased.

More than one purely descriptive book of the dental anatomy, Fauchard also described there techniques of intervention on various pathologies, but also the presentation of several instruments which it designed. Each one of these aspects is thus treated in a clean part:

the first concentrates on the dental anatomy, its development or the diseases being able to as well touch the children as the adults
the second on the various treatments as it carried out successfully
the third contains the description of surgical instruments, procedures or of prostheses

Homages

Today the Museum of Dentistry, street Emile Menier in the 16th district of Paris bears its name. And a service of oral accesses to the care for poorest is open the September 19th 2002 to the Pity-Salpêtrière.

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