Cultures of Oral Health: Discourses, Practices, and Theory

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Oral health is integral to well-being and quality of life. This important edited volume brings together leading scholars to address global oral health and the multiple ways in which theory, practice and discourse have shaped it in the modern period. Structured around key themes, the book chapters draw on interdisciplinary perspectives in order to consider the role of the dental profession, the commercial sector, charities, the state, the media and patients in shaping oral health in the past and present. Collectively, the chapters consider the extent to which each of the studied groups and actors have sought to own and control the mouth. By adopting multiple perspectives, the book highlights the importance of cross-disciplinary work across the sciences, social sciences and humanities and provides a road map for a new interdisciplinary field focused on oral health and society. Drawing on perspectives from dentistry, sociology, history and the wider humanities, this book will interest students and researchers of dentistry, public health, sociology of health and illness, the medical humanities and history. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Oral health: an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approach? Oral health disciplines or disciplining oral health? Professionalism, ethics and inequalities Cultural representations of the mouth and teeth The patient's perspective State, surveillance and social justice Note Reference List Part I: Professionalism, ethics, and inequalities 2. Do dentists' views on professionalism include moral inclusiveness? Introduction Moral inclusion and moral inclusiveness in the dental literature Measuring moral inclusiveness Do dentists' views on professionalism include moral inclusiveness? What does moral inclusiveness mean to the dental profession? References 3. Designing healthy smiles Janette's journey The beautiful smile in messages Cosmetic dentistry - the contradiction of beauty in healthcare The business of dentistry Dentists' cosmetic training - the disjunctures Glamorous beauty in healthcare Social impacts Conclusion Notes References 4. Feminism, pipelines and gender myths: interrogating gender equality and inclusion in dentistry Introduction Using feminism to navigate the dental pipeline Access and participation in higher education Career progression Discussion and recommendations Conclusion References Part II: Cultural representations of the mouth and teeth 5. Toothy tales: dentures in the writings of H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling Grotesque humour Imperial concerns Personal experience Conclusion References 6. Metaphors in the mouth: on dental fitness and iatronormativity Fitness as metaphor A body under siege The iatronormative Notes References 7. 'DO AS YOUR DENTIST TELLS YOU': mouthwash advertising in interwar America Introduction The reader: who do the adverts speak to? Legitimising the professional status of the dentist Male and Pale Professional authority and good dental citizenship The Dentist as military man Excluding the charlatan Conclusion Note References 8. Science, beauty and health: the explosion of toothpaste and toothbrush advertising in interwar America Introduction Methodology Dental science and 'mouth hygiene' Advertising toothpaste and toothbrushes: removing the film and preventing pink toothbrush The parables of toothpaste advertising Dentists and toothpaste advertising Advertising and the rise of toothbrushing Acknowledgements References Part III: The patient's perspective 9. Tommy's teeth: trench mouth, dentures and dental health among British army recruits in World War One Dentistry in the British army: a historical overview Enlisting soldiers with bad teeth during World War One Tommy's teeth in the trenches On the home front Conclusion Notes Reference List 10. The mouth as the gateway to the leaky body: the visibility of internal bleeding in the mouths of people with haemophilia Introduction A sociological take on haemophilia and the mouth Experiences of bleeding from the mouth Internal bleeding, invisible blood Visible blood Blood and dentists A daily bloody mouth Reflections on the role of the mouth in haemophilia References 11. 'Having work done': the teeth, mouth and oral health as a body project Oral care as a life course project 'Having work done' Embodiment and dental work Conclusion Notes References Part IV: State, surveillance, and social justice 12. 'Enlightened employers of labour?': oral health in the British factory, 1890-1930 Introduction Phossy jaw in the match factory, c. 1890-1912 Enhancing worker efficiency and the benevolent paternalism of confectioners, c. 1904-1925 Industrial welfare professionalised, socialism and the biscuit maker, c. 1918-1930 Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References 13. The state of tooth decay: dental knowledge, medical policy and fluoridation in Sweden, 1952-1962 Science and society: the origins and contexts of fluoridation Public health and the Swedish welfare state Fluoridation begins in Norrköping Crafting consensus: the fluoride committees Lex Norrköping: Fluoridation halts and the Water Fluoridation Act is created Conclusion Notes References 14. The cultural politics of dental humanitarianism Introduction Envisioning critical dental humanitarianism Affective relations and moral decisions at the dental charity fair Socialising affective morality through dental professional training Conclusion Notes References Index