Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard

The site you are approaching was once home to the Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard, an institution dedicated to the history of a profession that was once a chaotic, unregulated free-for-all. In the early eighteenth century, dentistry lacked any standardized training, often leaving patients at the mercy of unskilled practitioners. Pierre Fauchard, who serves as the museum's namesake, changed this by publishing his monumental work, The Surgeon Dentist, in 1728. He systematically dismantled the era's common myths, including the widely held belief that tooth decay was caused by tiny worms. His writings introduced scientific rigor, promoted preventive oral hygiene, and established the foundational practices that earned him the title of the father of modern dentistry.