Özet:

Medical manuscripts inherited from the Ottoman medicine include various formulas, in addition to many compounds of tooth powder and mouthwash, for the teeth cleaning, whitening and polishing, and to prevent the color change and bad breath. Salvadora persica (misvak) is also advised for dental hygiene. The oral-dental care products were imported under the name ‘‘Foreign Medical Products’’ (Müstahzarat-ı Tıbbiye-i Ecnebiye) since 1839 and sold in pharmacies. This process was overtaken by the dental equipment stores in the later 19th century. The chemists who wanted to benefit from the market arising from the reputation gained by the imported goods among people began producing pharmaceutical preparations in smallscale production plants which they set up in pharmacy laboratories or inn rooms. With the enforcement of ‘‘Regulation on Production Plants of Pharmaceutical and Medical Preparations’’ (İspençiyari ve Tıbbi Müstahzar İmalathaneleri Talimatnamesi) on June 1, 1955, the production of medical preparations in such laboratories was banned (Article 11). This paper will introduce the oral-dental care formulas applied in the Classical Ottoman Era with the imported and domestic products used after the Tanzimat, in addition to the tooth powders and pastes produced by the chemists, laboratories and drug stores until 1955.

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