The Dental Museum houses exhibits from 1700 to the present day, showcasing the development of dentistry and dental technology. The museum aims to provide visitors with an overview of the evolution of dentistry from around 1700 to modern times. The oldest exhibits, a tooth key and a so-called "barber chair," date from this period. The chair is called a barber chair because medical practice at that time was mainly conducted by healing baths. However, even then there were specialists. Based on the only method known at the time to remove a painful tooth, they were called tooth extractors. Among the numerous exhibition pieces is a painting of Saint Apollonia, the patron saint of dentists. She was asked to renounce her faith or be burned at the stake. When she refused, her teeth were knocked out. As she chose martyrdom in the flames of the stake, she reportedly called out that all those who suffer from toothaches and ask for her help would be relieved of their pain.
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