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  2. Tooth worm - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a tooth worm is a theory of the cause of dental caries, periodontitis and toothaches. Once widespread, the belief is now obsolete, having been superseded by more scientific rationales. It was supposed that the disease was caused by small worms resident within the tooth, eating it away. [1]

  3. List of superseded scientific theories - Wikipedia

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    Eclectic medicine – transformed into alternative medicine, and is no longer considered a scientific theory; Physiognomy, related to phrenology, held that inner character was strongly correlated with physical appearance; Tooth worm, an erroneous theory of the cause of dental caries, periodontitis, and toothaches

  4. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The word theory in "the theory of evolution" does not imply scientific doubt regarding its validity; the concepts of theory and hypothesis have specific meanings in a scientific context. While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles that explains an observable phenomenon in

  5. Test your knowledge with these 100 fascinating facts - AOL

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    Human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves. Competitive art used to be an Olympic sport. The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland.

  6. The word theory in "the theory of evolution" does not imply scientific doubt regarding its validity; the concepts of theory and hypothesis have specific meanings in a scientific context. While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles that explains an observable phenomenon in natural ...

  7. Pierre Fauchard - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) [1] was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". [2] He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. [2]

  8. James V. McConnell - Wikipedia

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    Most of McConnell's academic career was spent in the psychology department at the University of Michigan, where he was a professor from 1963 through his retirement in 1988. He was an unconventional scientist, setting up his own refereed journal , the Journal of Biological Psychology , which was published in tandem with the Worm Runner's Digest ...

  9. Dorothy Rowe - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Conn was born on 17 December 1930 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. [citation needed]Rowe came to England in her forties, working at Sheffield University and was the head of Lincolnshire Department of Clinical Psychology. [1]