People in Dentistry – Flashcards
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Robert Tanner Freeman
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First African-American dentist to receive the DMD degree from Harvard University in 1869
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Geraldine T. Morrow
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First female president of the ADA (1991)
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Helen E. Myers
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US Army's first female dentist (1951)
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M. Evangeline Jordan
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Author of the first textbook on pediatric dentistry (1927)
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Irene Newman
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First Dental Hygienist (1906)
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Mary Stillwell-Kuedsel
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Founded the women's Dental Association of the US with 12 charter members
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Ida Gray-Rollins
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First African-American female dental graduate from a US dental college
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Malvina Cueria
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First female Dental Assistant (1885)
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Jennie D. Spurrier
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First female dentist in Illinois (1876)
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Emilie Foeking
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First female graduate of tje Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
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Nellie E. Pooler Chapman
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First woman to practice dentistry in California
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Henriette Hirschfeld
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First woman to complete the full dental curriculum in a US Dental School
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Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor
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First woman go graduate from a recognized dental college in ghe US; received credit for time as a preceptor in her husband's practice
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Emeline Robert Jones
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First womanto establish dental practice in US (1859)
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Dr. Deborah Greenspan
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Researched into the dental issues related to AIDS and HIV; discovered oral "hairy" leukoplakia
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Juliette A. Southard
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Founder of the ADAA in 1924
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Cornelius Celsus
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wrote "De Medicina," book contains the earliest record of orthodontic treatment (25BC-50AD)
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Claudius Galen
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considered to be "the greatest physician after Hippocrates"; first to mention the nerves in the teeth (130-200AD)
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Sketched every internal and external structure of the body; first anatomist to describe the differences between molars and pre-molars (1452-1519)
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Robert Woofendale
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one of the first dentists to travel throughout the American colonies; performed operations upon the teeth, sockets, gums, and palate
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Horace Hayden
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inspired by his own dentist, John Greenwood; lectured to medical students and wrote professional journals; set the foundation for the profession of dentistry (1769-1844)
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Horrace Wells
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Used nitrous oxide for relief of dental pain; discovery of inhalation anesthesia in 1844
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Ambroise Pare
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wrote extensively about dentistry, including extractions; described toothache as the most atrocious pain; first to use artificial eyes, hands, and legs; "Father of Modern Surgery"
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To-t'ung and Yu Shu
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Chinese; described entire process of chewing and swallowing; erroneous about what happensto food when it reaches the stomach; 2000BC
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Alfred C. Fones
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Established first dental hygiene school in Bridgeport, Conneticut in 1913
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Aristotle
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"The Great Philosopher" (384-322BC)
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Frederick McKay
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Discovered that Flouride is connected with prevention of dental caries
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W.C Roentgen
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Discovered x-rays in 1895
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C.Edmund Kells
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Employed the first Dental Assistant in 1885
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John Hunter
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Performed first scientific study of teeth; (1728-1793)
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M. Taveau
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Introduced amalgam as "silver paste" in 1826
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Hesi-Re
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Egyptian; 3000-2151BC; Earliest dentist known by name
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Pierre Fauchard
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1678-1761; Became "Father of Modern Dentistry"; dispelled the theory that tooth decay was caused by toothworm
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Chapin A. Harris
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Preceptorial studenta of Horace Hayden; associated with Dental Treatise; together with Hayden, established Baltimore College of Dental Surgery now Univ. of Maryland, School of Dentistry; (1806-1860)
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Paul Revere
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Famous colonial patriot, silversmith by trade, studied dentistry as an apprentice inder Dr. Baker (George Washigton's dentist); Began Forensic Dentistry; Identified Dr. Joseph Warren's body after it was exhumed; (1735-1818)
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John S. Rock
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Awarded a silver medal for making artificial teeth. Examples of his work were exhibited by the Benjamin Franklin Institute in 1851
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Andrew Z. Kellar
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Published "The epidemiology of lip, oral and pharyngeal cancers" in the American Journal of Public Health in 1963
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Van E. Collins
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First African-American dentist in regular military service to be promoted to the rank of colonel
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Konneta Putman
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Installed as the president of the American Dental Hygienist Association
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Jeanne C. Sinkford
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First African-American female dean of a US dental school in 1975
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Raymond J. Fonseca
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Appointed dental dean at the University of Pennsylvania
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Juliann Bluitt
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The first woman dentist elected president of the American College of Dentists in 1994
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Caswell A. Evans
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The first African-American dentist elected president of the American Public Health Association
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Eugenia Mobley
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First African-American woman dentist to earn a degree in public health and the second female dean of a US dental school
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Clifton O. Dummett
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Distinguished professor emeritus of the Univ. of Southern California School of Dentistry and author and historian for the National Dental Assoiation
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Peter Hawkins
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Native born, an itinerant preacher in Richmond, Virginia, did extractions for parishioners
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G.V. Black
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Became "Grand Old Man of Dentistry"; perfected Amalgam; associated with the principles of extension for prevention and stamdardized rules of cavity preparation and filling in 1895
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Diocles of Carystus
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Athenian physician of Aristotle's time; Recommended usin materials to clean the teeth and to remove adherent food particles
