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13 Cards in this Set
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What year did dentistry begin
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3000 BC
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Who began using gold bands in 2500 BC
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Phoenicians
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Who carved partial dentures which were held in place using these gold wires in 700 BC
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Etruscans
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In 600 AD who used sea shell segments as dental implants
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Mayans
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Who is Pierre Fauchard and for what contribution is he best known
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The father of modern dentistry who in 1728 wrote a treatise on restorations and dental materials
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Who used wax to create impressions of the teeth (the first positive impression) and then created a plaster model and in what year did it take place
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Pfaff in 1756
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In 1774 and 1789 they began using porcelain teeth in detures
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Duchateau and de Chamant
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Taveau is known for creating the first __________ in 1816
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Dental amalgam using silver coins and mercury to create the fillings
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In 1895 he had an extensive publication detailing every dental material ever used
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GV Black, the father of American Dentistry
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1915- the first observation of fluoridation was seen in what state
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Colorado
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What year did the National Institute of Standards and Technology give the first specifications for a dental material (amalgam)
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1919
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In what year did the fluoridation of water begin
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1944
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The Medical device amendments acts which gave the FDA regulation over dental materials was passed in...
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1976
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