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___ is the dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis & resoration & maintenance of oral function with replacement of missing teeth & supporting structures through artificial means.
Prosthodontics
___ is the branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis & treatment of diseases of the pulp & the periapical tissues.
Endodontics
___ is the founder of modern dentistry and organized all known info about dentistry & compiled it into a textbook.
Pierre Fauchard
___ is a frech surgeon who wrote hygienic rules for oral hygiene.
Guy de Chauliac
___ is one of the 1st dentists from England to establish a practice in the United States.
Robert Woofendale
___ founded the American Dental Assistant's Association in 1924.
Juliette Southard
___ is the favored dentist of George Washington; propent for pediatric dentistry; constructed dentures.
John Greenwood
___ is a notable dental surgeon; developed the 1st dental chair.
Josiah Flagg
___ is the specialty in dentistry that is concerned with dental disease; works with the community to promote dental health.
Dental Public Health
___ is a dental specialty concerned with the prevention of oral disease, diagnosis & treatment of oral care in children from birth to adolescence.
Pediatric Dentistry
___ is a dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis, supervision, guideance & correction of the malocclusion in the dental facial structures.
Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics
The specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis & surgical treatment of the oral & maxillofacial region is ___.
Oral & Maxillofacial surgery
___ is the dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the supporting & surrounding tissues of the tooth.
Periodontics
___ is an area of dentistry that deals with identification of an individual through tooth resorations & morphology using dental records.
Forensic Dentistry
___ discovered x-rays in 1895.
Whilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Who recorded all known information on dentistry in a textbook?
Pierre Fauchard
___ described the 4 fluids in the body as blood, black bile, yellow bile & phlegm.
Hippocrates
___ was the 1st african american woman to earn a dental degree from the University of Michigan Dental School.
Ida Gray
Who is given credit for hiring the 1st female dental assistant?
Dr. C. Edmund Kells
Who was the 1st recorded dentist that practiced in 3000 B.C.?
Hesi-Re
What did James Morrison invent?
The 1st dental engine with functioning handpiece, motor & foot treadle.
Who was George Washington's favorite dentist?
John Greenwood
In what year was the 1st "Lady in Attendance" employed?
1885
X-rays were discovered by Conrad Roentgen in what year?
1895
Juliette Southard founded what in 1924?
ADAA - American Dental Assistants Assoc.
The organization that qualifies dental assistants to be certified is the ___?
DANB - Dental Assisting National Board
___ established the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery with Horace Hayden. This was the 1st dental college in the world.
Chapin A Harris
___ is known as the "Grand Old Man of Dentistry".
Dr. Green Vardiman Black (G.V. Black)
In 1840 the 1st dental college in the world was established where?
Baltimore
What year was the American Dental Association established?
1859
In what state was the ADA established?
Niargra Falls, NY
The first African American to graduate from dental school was ___.
Dr. Robert Tanner Freeman
The specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis & nature of the diseases that affect the oral cavity is ___.
Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
The specialty that is concerned with the prevention of oral disease, & diagnonis & treatment on children is ___.
Pediatric dentistry
The specialty concerned with the diagnosis, supervision, guidance & correction of malocclusion in the dentofacial structures is ___.
Orthodontics
The specialty concerned with the diagnosis & treatment of the diesases of the supporting & surrounding tissues of the tooth is ___.
Periodontics
The specialty that is concerned with the prevention of dental disease & works with the community to promote dental health is ___.
Dental Health Public
The specialty concerned with the pathology & morphology of the dental pulp & surrounding tissues is ___.
Endodontics
What professional organization are dentists associated with?
ADA - American Dental Association
What professional organization are dental hygienists associated with?
ADHA
What professional organization are dental assistants associated with?
ADAA
What does DMD stand for?
Doctor of medical dentistry
What does DDS stand for?
Doctor of dental surgery
The American Dental Assoc recongnizes how many specialties?
9
Name the 9 dental specialties.
Pediatric, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Oral Pathology, Oral Surgery & Oral Radiology
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
___ was a silversmith who was known to practice dentistry; his greatest contribution was making artificial teeth & surgical instruments.
Paul Revere