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27 Cards in this Set
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Hesi-Re
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Earliest dentist whose name is known.
"Chief of the Toothers and the Physicians. |
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Hippocrates
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"Father of Medicine"
Wrote Hippocratic Oath |
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Hippocratic Oath
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Solemn obligation to refrain from wrong doing and to treat patients with confidentiality and to do the best of one's ability.
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Aristotle
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Thought that gingiva was responsible for tooth formation and that mean had 32 teeth and women only had 30.
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Diocles of Carystus
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Recommended rubbing the gums and teeth with bare fingers and "finely pulverized mint" to remove food particles. Also, pumice, talc, emery, ground alabaster, coral powder, and iron rust.
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The Chinese
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Developed a silver amalgam paste for fillings.
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The Romans
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Believed that the "toothworm" was responsible for toothaches. Used tooth cleaning powders made from eggshells, bones, and oyster shells mixed with honey.
Gold toothpicks were taken home as gifts. |
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Cladius Glen
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Listed the teeth as bones of the body and first author to mention nerves in the teeth.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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First anatomist to describe the differences between molars and premolars.
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Ambroise Pare
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Treated solders with gunshots by washing the wound with boiling oil.
"Father of Modern Surgery" |
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Paul Revere
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Studied dentistry as well as silversmith.
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Isaac Greenwood
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First native-born American dentist.
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Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A Harris
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Established the first dental college, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
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G.V Black
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"Grand old man of dentistry"
Created numerous machines for testing metal alloys and dental instruments. |
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
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Discovered radiographs.
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Horace Wells
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Discovered the inhalation anesthesia in 1844.
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Ida Gray
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First black woman in the country to earn a formal DDS degree and first black woman to practice dentistry in Chicago.
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C. Edmund Kells
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Employed the first dental assistant.
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Irene Newman
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First dental hygienist.
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Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association
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Responsible for the evaluation and accreditation of dental education programs in the United States.
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Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry
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Largest and most comprehensive museum of dentistry in the world.
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Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor
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First woman to graduate from a college of dentistry.
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Emeline Robert Jones
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First woman to practice dentistry in the U.S.
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Malvina Cuenia
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First female dental assistant
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Pierre Fauchard
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Father of Modern Dentistry
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Robert Woffendale
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First dentists to travel throughout the colonies.
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Lucy Beaman Hobbs
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First woman to graduate from dental school
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