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21 Cards in this Set

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Herodotus

A Greek historian, decided dentistry should be a specialty

Hesi-Re

1st one to remove teeth that cause pain

Hippocrates

Book on Affections, oath

Aristotle

Oral Hygiene

Guy de Chauliac

Wrote the rules for oral hygiene

Leonardo da Vinci

1st to distinguish between molars and premolars

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Discovered X-Rays

John Greenwood

Made Dental Prosthesis

Was George Washington's favorite dentist

Paul Revere

Created artificial teeth as well as surgical instruments

Josiah Flagg

Constructed the dental chair

James B. Morrison

Created the 1st dental engine with headpiece, motor, and the foot treadle

Horace H. Hayden

Writer and lecturer on dental topics

Chapin A. Horris

Created and contributed to library of dental literature

Dr. Greene Vardiman Black

Invented machines and instruments used in dentistry

Grand old man of Dentistry

Lucy Beaman Hobbs

First female to be a dentist by graduating from a dental school

Dr. Robert Tanner Freeman

First African American male dentist

Ida Gray

First African American woman to become a dentist

Biracial

George Franklin Grant

Expert on the cleft palet

Made the golf tee

Juliette Southhard

Founder and 1st President of the American Dental Assistants Association

Dr. C. Edmund Kells

Highered the first lady assistant

Pierre Fauchard

Founder of modern dentistry


Treated caries and diseased gingiva