The Characteristics Of Oral Surgery In The 12th Century

Although many wrote about oral surgery beforehand, there was no precise or detailed description of oral surgical procedures until the 10th century. In the Islamic Golden Age, Abulcasis described different oral surgical techniques. He strongly believed and supported the idea of conserving dental structures, however believed when tooth decay occurred, extraction was necessary. He always concluded that dentists should be careful and make their own evaluation when removing patients tooth, as patients could be misguided by the pain. In modern oral surgery, tooth withdrawal is advised medically for a range of diagnostic results such as caries and periodontal disease.

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Al-Zahrawi was the first to utilise cotton to manage bleeding.
Over the course of centuries, it was translated into Latin; in the 12th century and later in other European languages.His book played a major role as a medical text in European universities from the 12th to the 17th century AD. Numerous procedures he discovered were not given names to state that he pioneered them. For example, the “Walcher position” of childbirth by a German doctor in the 19th century; and the “Kocher method” for fixing dislocated shoulders was invented by al-Zahrawi but acknowledged by later European physicians.Regardless, al-Zahrawi’s contributions to medicine and especially surgery were revolutionary for his time. Without the procedures and tools that he pioneered, surgery today may have been very different. His ability to consistently record procedures has helped advance medicine for centuries.
A saying by Abulcasis to his pupils which students of the modern age can reflect on "Do not embark upon anything unless you have positive knowledge of giving the patient a good outcome......Let caution be stronger than your greed and desire for
-He was the first doctor to use forceps during childbirth which has greatly changed the way child birth is handled .
-He used both local and oral anaesthesia to reduce the pain patients experienced during surgery which now has become very common in many surgeries carried out globally.
-Abulcasis talked about the best method to diagnose diseases in patients and stated that a good doctor should always rely on his own observations which should be close. Rather than just accepting what is said by the patient in order to establish the most accurate diagnosis and therefore the best possible treatment.
-He also wrote about the relationship between health and food. Parts of the his book, Al-Tasrif were dedicated to discussing what foods should be avoided, the maintenance of a healthy diet, and the use of food as part of a treatment plan.
-Abulcasis and islamic medicine has greatly influences modern surgery as they helped lay the foundations in demising pain for individuals. Many of his finding have a significant role in the modern era and are still carried out today. Tools such as the scalpel are used