Volume 218 Issue 2, 23 January 2015
PLANTS IN DENTISTRY SERIES: MISWAK, SALVADORA PERSICA
The cover images in volume 218 all feature botanical illustrations of plants and trees with a connection to dentistry some from the past and a selection still used in present times. This cover features miswak, which is a teeth cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree. Traditionally, miswak has been used as an alternative to the modern toothbrush.
Illustration by Liz Pepperell
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