Annotated Bibliography:
Primary Sources:
http://www.drhananelsaiedds.com/education/dental_education.htm
This website was written by Dr. Hanan Elsaie. She was named one of America’s Top Dentists in the “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007.″ This website provides general information on dentistry plus tips for oral hygiene. The are many links that are linked within this website that are very useful. This website gives information on everything from how to brush your teeth correctly to oral cancer. There is a historical timeline with important dates within dental history. These dates helped me with me research and also helped me from my timeline.
Allen, Charles. The Operator for Teeth. York: unknown, 1685. Print.
This is a great primary source to use for my project for my reasons. The man to wrote this book, wrote it from his own experience, and findings from researching. This book was helpful because it is form the time period that my project focuses on. This book is a good source for me to use because it gives understandable explanations. This book provided insight that a website made by someone in modern times could not give to its readers/viewers. Being the first book written on dentistry, this book give a lot of insight on the thoughts of people during the 1600’s, early 1700’s.
Here’s a transcript of the book:
http://www.dentaljuce.com/fruit/page.asp?pid=355
Miller, Willoughby. The Microorganisms of the Human Mouth. Philadelphia: American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1891. 159. eBook.
This book was written in 1891, which is around the time that the dentistry field begin to have lots of new discoveries. This book talks about microorganisms that are found inside the human mouth. In 1891, this was a big discovery for dentist. Learning about the some of the smallest things in the world can be amazing. Tis book helped me with my project because it was very useful and descriptive. Unlike websites, it didn't have any extra links to click on to find out more information so the information provided was very good and vivid for the time that it was written.
Secondary Sources:
"dentistry." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 22 Jun. 2010 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158069/dentistry>.
In order for me to do my best research, I needed to know the definition of dentistry. I couldn’t do a project without knowing the meaning of I was researching. This site is useful, not only because it is a trustworthy site, but also because it gave positive/ true information. This site provided suggested links to other helpful sites which made the research process of this project much easier. This site gave a detailed history of general dentistry and also provided pictures as visual aids while readings. Although this site provides a lot of information, it is easily read and understood.
http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalhealth/tp/dentalfacts.htm
This website was very useful for me while I was doing my research for my project. It not only gave me the information that I was looking for, but it has also gave me more information than I actually needed. The information was provided on this website had many links to more information. These links were more detailed and included links to pictures that went along with the
http://www.healthyteeth.org/index.html
Healthyteeth.org is a colorful and exciting site that provides information on everything from how many teeth are in your mouth to preventing cavities and root canals. The information that was provided on this site was similar to the information that I found on most of the other websites while doing my research. Although unlike many of the other websites I found, Healthyteeth.org has a quiz and challenge link so that after reading through the website, you can review you knowledge and maybe even learn more. There are many animations that help the reader of the information understand the text more than they would if there weren’t any.
http://www.drhananelsaiedds.com/education/dental_education.htm
This website was written by Dr. Hanan Elsaie. She was named one of America’s Top Dentists in the “Guide to America’s Top Dentists 2007.″ This website provides general information on dentistry plus tips for oral hygiene. The are many links that are linked within this website that are very useful. This website gives information on everything from how to brush your teeth correctly to oral cancer. There is a historical timeline with important dates within dental history. These dates helped me with me research and also helped me from my timeline.
Allen, Charles. The Operator for Teeth. York: unknown, 1685. Print.
This is a great primary source to use for my project for my reasons. The man to wrote this book, wrote it from his own experience, and findings from researching. This book was helpful because it is form the time period that my project focuses on. This book is a good source for me to use because it gives understandable explanations. This book provided insight that a website made by someone in modern times could not give to its readers/viewers. Being the first book written on dentistry, this book give a lot of insight on the thoughts of people during the 1600’s, early 1700’s.
Here’s a transcript of the book:
http://www.dentaljuce.com/fruit/page.asp?pid=355
Miller, Willoughby. The Microorganisms of the Human Mouth. Philadelphia: American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1891. 159. eBook.
This book was written in 1891, which is around the time that the dentistry field begin to have lots of new discoveries. This book talks about microorganisms that are found inside the human mouth. In 1891, this was a big discovery for dentist. Learning about the some of the smallest things in the world can be amazing. Tis book helped me with my project because it was very useful and descriptive. Unlike websites, it didn't have any extra links to click on to find out more information so the information provided was very good and vivid for the time that it was written.
Secondary Sources:
"dentistry." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 22 Jun. 2010 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158069/dentistry>.
In order for me to do my best research, I needed to know the definition of dentistry. I couldn’t do a project without knowing the meaning of I was researching. This site is useful, not only because it is a trustworthy site, but also because it gave positive/ true information. This site provided suggested links to other helpful sites which made the research process of this project much easier. This site gave a detailed history of general dentistry and also provided pictures as visual aids while readings. Although this site provides a lot of information, it is easily read and understood.
http://dentistry.about.com/od/dentalhealth/tp/dentalfacts.htm
This website was very useful for me while I was doing my research for my project. It not only gave me the information that I was looking for, but it has also gave me more information than I actually needed. The information was provided on this website had many links to more information. These links were more detailed and included links to pictures that went along with the
http://www.healthyteeth.org/index.html
Healthyteeth.org is a colorful and exciting site that provides information on everything from how many teeth are in your mouth to preventing cavities and root canals. The information that was provided on this site was similar to the information that I found on most of the other websites while doing my research. Although unlike many of the other websites I found, Healthyteeth.org has a quiz and challenge link so that after reading through the website, you can review you knowledge and maybe even learn more. There are many animations that help the reader of the information understand the text more than they would if there weren’t any.
