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Submitted: 04 Mar 2018
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Avicenna J Dent Res. 2018;10(2): 54-56.
doi: 10.34172/ajdr.2018.12
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A Comparison Between the Al-Qanoon Fi al-Teb Principles in Dental Treatments and Contemporary Dentistry

Noushin Jalayer Naderi 1* ORCID logo

1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahed University
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: Drs. Noushin Jalayer Naderi Tel: +982188959210 Fax: +982188967618, Email: jalayer@shahed.ac.ir

Abstract

Background: Reviewing the golden age of Persian traditional medicine reveals boundless descriptions of biologic, anatomic and therapeutic details of diseases. Avicenna’s al-Qanoon fi al-Teb is a precious traditional book on medicine that contains definite explanations about treatment of oral disease.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to summarize the Avicenna’s point of views on the treatment of dental disease in comparison to modern dentistry.Methods: The major topics of dentally related parts of al-Qanoon fi al-Teb was reviewed and compared with modern contemporary dentistry.

Results: Very interesting similarities were found between Avicenna’s methods and contemporary dental therapies. This study documented that Avicenna’s perspectives are great sources for further investigations in dentistry.

Conclusions: This research reveals unstudied parts of Avicenna’s methods in dental treatments.


Citation: Jalayer Naderi N. A comparison study between the Al-Qanoon Fi al-Teb principles in dental treatments and contemporary dentistry. Avicenna J Dent Res. 2018;10(2):52-54. doi: 10.15171/ajdr.2018.12.
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