Every year in February the whole world celebrates the day of the dentist. In different countries the celebration of the scattered, from 8 to 10 number.
Professional holiday of dentists is quite young. But dentistry is one of the most ancient branches of medicine. Archaeologists, in excavations in Pakistan have found the remains of people who lived 7 thousand years BC, whose teeth were drilled small but perfectly smooth hole. That is, some methods of dental treatment have not changed over many thousands of years.
Although in General dentistry, like all medicine has leaped forward. That is why a division into the dentist and dentist. Pediatric dentists, or dentists, are those who graduated from a medical school or College, the training period which shall not exceed three years. Dentists have a higher education and should spend to study for five years, and then undergo mandatory internship.
However, on 9 February to congratulate you all practicing dentists, regardless of their education and the official name of the specialty.
St. Apollonia. The patron Saint of dentists.
But why the international day stomatologa is celebrated on 9 February? The fact that on this day, Catholics remember the Holy Martyr Apollonius of Alexandria. A woman who ZIL in the third century after Christ, was tortured, forced to renounce Christianity. But Apollonia has stood the test of faith. And when she promised that she would be burned at the stake, Apollonia she stepped into the fire.
A terrible symbol of Apollonia, and to this day remains the tongs and pulled out the teeth. After all, killing a Christian. There is a belief that because Apollonia herself had suffered toothache, it can help believers. You can say “Santa Apollonia!”, calling the Holy to pay attention to your suffering and pain will recede.
