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The Evolution of Dental Chairs

A good dental chair provides comfort for the patient and full access for the dentist. This was a difficult combination to achieve two hundred years ago. As the profession of dentistry grew, however, so did the specialization of equipment. 

Click here for a brief pictorial history of dental chairs by Richard A. Glenner, DDS, Chicago. 

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The Evolution of Dental Chairs
  1. Earliest Innovations
  2. Chairs on the Rise - The 1900s
  3. 1918 Ritter Dental Manufacturing Catalog Excerpt
  4. The Case for Modern Equipment, 1918
  5. Smart Chairs of the 21st Century