Diagnosis, avoidance and management of complications of implant-based treatments Semantics: introducing the term revision surgery in oral rehabilitation

Semantics is a term coined by Michel Breal (1832 to 1915) a Jewish German-French linguist referring to the Greek semantikos (= meaning) in his 1897 book, "Essai de semantique". He was a very gifted man: for example, he was the one who suggested to Pierre de Coubertin to include the marathon in the Olympic Games and who also, with the help of a Francophile American dental practitioner, Thomas William Evans, created the "Doctorat d'Universite", finally allowing American students to pursue their doctorate at a French university.