Perspectives in Dentistry | HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DENTISTRY

covers the historical background of dentistry discussed in class by doc lucas "make sure you remember all these 'fathers' kasi we will be doing an activity on them next meeting!" (02/07/2024)

Who was the first person identified as a dental practitioner back in 2500 BC?

Hesi Re

In the pre-professional period, who published the first dental book in English in 1685?

Charles Allen

Who is the Father of Modern Dentistry?

Pierre Fauchard

Who wrote a scientific basis for dental anatomy?

John Hunter

Who discovered anesthesia and used it for the first time?

Dr. Horace Wells

Who discovered nitrous gas, or, “laughing gas”, in 1776?

Priestly 

Who invented modern toothpaste?

William Colgate

Who came up with the idea of selling toothpaste in tubes?

Dr. Washington Sheffield

Who is the Father of Operative Dentistry?

Greene Vardiman Black

Who discovered X-rays?

Wilhelm Roentgen

Who is the Father of American Orthodontics?

Edward Hartley Angle

Who is the Father of Modern Surgery?

Ambroise Pare

Who started the first school of dentistry?

Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris

What was the name of the first scientific journal related to dentistry?

The American Journal of Dental Science