Review article

[Antoni van leeuwenhoek — 300 years of oral microbiology]

Frans Mikx ; Zavod za preventivnu i socijalnu stomatologiju Sveučilišta u Nijmegenu, Nijmegen

Abstract

The article presents a review of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s pioneer observations of the oral microorganisms and his letter to the Royal Society in London. In the letter of September 17, 1683 to the Royal Society van Leeuwenhoek gives descriptions of the dental plaque specimens which he investigated with his self-made microscope. He describes a spirochete after the investigation of -dental plaque of an old man who declared never to have cleaned his teeth. Van Leeuwenhoek considered to use the observations of bacteria in dental plaque to motivate his visitors in oral hygiene. This method is recently propagated in periodontal practice. A remarkable continuation of van Leeuwenhoek's works is an example of the brillant ideas of this first oral microbiologist.

Keywords

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; oral microbiology

Hrčak ID:

117105

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117105

Publication date:

15.12.1983.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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