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Jim Harrell, Jr. – past chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs, and a Democratic Party (United States) politician; Chapin A. Harris – co-founded the first dental school in the US, and possibly anywhere; Gillette Hayden - served as the first female president of the American Academy of Periodontology
Dentistry developed during the early parts of Roman history, which may be due to the arrival of a Greek doctor named Archagathus. Ancient Roman oral surgical tools included the curettes, osteotomes, cauteries, scalpels, bone forceps, [1] and bone levers. [2] The ancient Romans invented the usage of narcotics during dental surgery.
John M. Harris started the world's first dental school in Bainbridge, Ohio, and helped to establish dentistry as a health profession. It opened on 21 February 1828, and today is a dental museum. [15] The first dental college, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, opened in Baltimore, Maryland, US in 1840.
John Menzies Campbell FRSE FDS RCSEd, DDS (9 June 1887– 27 June 1974) was a Scottish dentist and dental historian who became a collector of dental books, paintings and dental instruments. At the time of his death he had amassed what was regarded as one of the largest collections of dental memorabilia in the world.
The history of dental treatments dates back to thousands of years. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The scope of this article is limited to the pre-1981 history . The earliest known example of dental caries manipulation is found in a Paleolithic man, dated between 14,160 and 13,820 BP . [ 3 ]
Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) [1] was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". [2] He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. [2]
John Greenwood (May 17, 1760 – November 16, 1819) was an American fifer and dentist, serving as George Washington's personal dentist. He was responsible for designing Washington's famous dentures, which were not wood but carved from hippopotamus tusk.
Archeologists also found gold dental appliances from the Etruscan people of Italy, as early as 630 BCE, interpreting them to be some of the earliest forms of bridges and replacement teeth. Gold wire was used in dentistry in ancient times, [ 3 ] and for filling cavities in the 19th century. [ 4 ]