Pierre Fauchard was a French physician, credited as being the “father of modern dentistry’. Before Fauchard, people would often go to barbers or tooth-pullers to have work done on their teeth instead of doctors. Tooth pullers would often use crass tools to pull teeth, often pulling healthy teeth along with the problematic ones. Fauchard wrote a book called Le Chirurgien Dentiste (“The Surgeon Dentist’), published in 1728 which turned dentistry into a science. He described everything from basic oral anatomy and function, to syptoms and operative methods for removing decay and restoring teeth. He also covered items like: