History of dentistry ch 1 MDA – Flashcards

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Commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association
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Commission that accredits,dentists,dental assisting,dental hygienists and dental laboratory education programs
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Dental treatise
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Formal article or book based on dental evidence and facts.
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Forensic dentistry
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Area of dentistry that establishes the identity of an individual on the basis of dental evidence such as dental records, impressions, bite marks, and so forth
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Periodontal disease
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Infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth (gums and bones)
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Preceptorship
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Study under the guidance of a dentist or other professional
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Silver amalgam
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A mixture of mercury, silver, and tin
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Teledentistry
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The process of using electronic transfer of images and other information for consultation and/or insurance purposes in dentistry
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Who was Hesi-Re?
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Earliest dentist known from 3000 bc
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How long has dental disease existed?
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Since there were teeth
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Who is the father of medicine?
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Claudius Galen ?
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What is the Hippocratic oath?
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Code of ethics for medical and dental professions
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What dental procedures did the Romans practice?
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Extracting teeth, restoring decayed teeth with gold crowns and replacing missing teeth by means of fixed bridge work (also believed there were tooth worms)
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Were Western dentists the first to use silver amalgam as filings?
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No the Chinese
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Which artist first distinguished molars from premolars?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Who is the "father of modern surgery"?
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Ambroise Pare
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Who was John bakers famous patient?
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George Washington
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Who was the "father of modern dentistry"?
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Chapin Harris
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Which famous colonial patriot first used forensic evidence?
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Paul Revere
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Who was Robert Woofendale?
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Traveling dentist in the americas
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Who was the first person to discover and publish the first paper on oral"hairy" leukoplaka?
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Dr. Deborah Greenspan
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Who founded the first dental school in America?
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Horace. H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris
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Who earned the title of "grand ol man of density.
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Green Vardiman Black
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Who was the first dentist to use nitrous oxide?
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Horace Wells
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Who was the first dentist to use a dental assistant?
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C.Edmund Kells
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Who founded dental hygiene education in America?
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Alfred C.Fones
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Who was the first woman in the United States to graduate from dental school?
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Dr. faith sai so leong
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Who was the first African American female dentist in the United States?
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Ida gray rollins
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Where is the Dr.samuel d. Harris national museum of dentistry located?
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Baltimore college of dental surgery
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Who was the first African American to graduate from the dental school of Harvard university?
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Robert Tanner Freeman
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Hesi-Re
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An early fixed bridge
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Hippocrates
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Stressed the importance of keeping teeth in good condition
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Aristotle
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Mistakenly thought men had more teeth than women
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Cornelius celsus
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The earliest record of orthodontic treatment
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Claudius Galen
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First author to mention nerves in teeth
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Leonardo da vinci
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First anatomist to describe the difference between molars and premolars
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Ambrose Pare
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Extensive writings describing extraction and re implantation
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Pierre Fauchard
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Developed dentistry as an independent profession
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Chapin Harris
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Father of modern dentistry
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Robert Woofendale
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First traveling dentist in the Americas
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John baker
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One of George Washington's dentist
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Paul revere
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Silversmith making teeth and tools
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Wilhelm C Roentgen
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Discovered x-rays
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Horace wells
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Discovered inhalation anesthesia
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Ida gray rollins
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First African American woman with DDS degree
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Deborah greenspan
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Dental issues related to hiv
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C.Edmunds Kells
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Employing the first dental assistant
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Isaac Greenwood
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Father, first native born American dentist
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John Greenwood
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Son, of Isaac Greenwood ,invented foot engine
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Green Vardiman Black
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Grand old man of dentistry
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Irene Newman
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First dental hygienist
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Alfred C Fones
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Fones school of dental hygiene (first school)
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Horace Hayden
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First dental college , set foundation for profession.
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