Dental History

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PIERRE FAUCHARD
(1678-1761)

• The Father of
Modern
Dentistry
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Wrote the book “ Le
Chirurgien Dentiste or
the Surgeon Dentist, a
collection of all existing
dental knowledge of the
time, includes
orthodontics, surgery,
implantation and
periodontitis, dental
anatomy, pathology,
operative and prosthetic
procedures.
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PIERRE FAUCHARD
(1678-1761)

• His most important

contribution to
Orthodontics is the
expansion arch.
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Robert Bunon (1741)
• He is from Paris, considered the
Father of Oral Hygiene
• He speaks of erosion (wearing
away) of the teeth and declares
himself to be the discoverer of
this condition.
 Robert Bunon
Considers the
importance of retaining
the deciduous teeth to
their full term.
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Pierre Mouton
(1746)

• From Paris, speaks

of the used of
partial plates to be
fastened to
natural teeth by a
kind of clasp.
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Pierre Mouton
(1746)
• Described the
making of gold
shell crown for
the first time.
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James Lind
(1741)
• A Scotch Surgeon, wrote a
book where he mentioned
the nature of scurvy
(a disease characterized by
a spongy gums, loosened
teeth and bleeding caused
by lack of Vitamin C) its
causes, prevention and
cure.
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SCURVY
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Lorenz Heister
(1752)
A German who introduced a
device to overcome Trismus
of the jaw.
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Philipp Pfaff (1756)

• He practices capping of pulp
using a piece of gold foil
sufficiently large to cover the
exposure.
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John Greenwood (1760)
• He was the originator of a
foot drill
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John Hunter (1771)
• A surgeon and a
pathologist, published
the book “The
Natural History of
the Human Teeth”
that forms the
foundation of all
modern anatomical
texts on anatomy of
the jaws and teeth.
Porcelain teeth
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Benjamin Bell
(1783)
A surgeon, who
describes the
classification of the
histology and
pathology of the
disease of the pulp
and pericementum
disease of the pulp
disease of the pericementum
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Richard Skinners (1801)

• Author of the first dental book “ A Treatise

on the Human Teeth” printed in the USA.
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Louis Laforgue (1802)

• He was the inventor of tooth clasp
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J. B. Gariot (1805)

• He was the inventor of an articulator

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Louis Jacques
Thenard (1808)
• He discovered hydrogen
perioxide
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Jean-Joseph
Dubois-Foucou
(1808)

• He describes in
detail a method of
taking impressions
of the teeth and
gums.
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Delmont (1824)

• He invented the
barbed nerve broach
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Horace H. Hayden
(1825)
• He was the first
dental practitioner
registered to practice
his profession in the
United States
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Horace H. Hayden
(1825)
• He was instrumental
in founding the
Baltimore College of
Dental Surgery in
1839, the first dental
school in the US and
the world
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Truman Brophy
(1828)
• An expert oral
surgeon who made
great improvements
in the operation for
the closure of
harelip and cleft
palate.
closure of harelip and cleft palate.
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William Von Ludwig

(1836)
A German, who described
a phlegmanous
inflammation of the
connective tissue of the
floor of the mouth within
the submaxillary region
known as “Ludwig’s
Angina”
“Ludwig’s Angina”
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• YEAR 1839
– Foundation of the
• First dental school
– Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
• First dental magazine
– American Journal of Dental Science
• First dental society
– American Society of Dental Surgeons
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Sir Charles Bell
(1842)
• A Scotch
physiologists who
describes
peripheral facial
paralysis named
after him
“Bell’s Palsy”
“Bell’s Palsy”
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Crawford W. Long
(1842)
• First to used
ether as an
anesthetic for
surgical
operation
ETHER
S.S. White Dental Instruments
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Samuel S. White
(1844)
• Founder of S.S. White
Dental manufacturing
Co., makers and
developers of highly
recognized and
acceptable dental
equipment, materials
and instruments.
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W. H. Atkinson
(1861)

• He introduced
the hand
mallet
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S.C. Barnum (1864)
• He suggested the
use of rubber
dam.
RUBBER DAM
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Nathan Keep (1875)

• He became famous
because of his ability
to identify victims by
means of dental
work.
• First dean of the
Harvard school of
dental medicine
identify victims by means of dental
work
 John Riggs (1885)
• He achieved a wide reputation for advocating
a specific surgical method for treating
pyorrhea alveolaris, a severe infection of the
alveolar bone characterized by the presence
of pus.
• His success in treating the disease was so
marked for many years, that the condition was
called “RIGG’s disease” in his honor.
“RIGG’s disease”
“RIGG’s disease”
“RIGG’s disease”
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George Show (1889)

• He invented the
face bow
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Wilheim Conrad
Roentgen (1895)
• Discovered roentgen
rays or X-rays
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James E. Garretson
(1895)
• An American dentist and surgeon,
largely responsible for the
introduction of oral surgery in
medical and dental schools and its
recognition as a specialty

• Wrote the book “System of Oral

Surgery” which is recognized as
the standard textbook in oral
surgery
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Green Vardiman
Black (1915)
• The father of
Operative Dentistry
• The Grand Old Man in
Dentistry and was the
outstanding dental
scientists of the 19th
century
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Green Vardiman
Black (1915)
• He standardized
cavity
preparation,
cutting and
filling
instruments
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GV Black and FW
Mckay (1915)
• In 1915, first time to
described “mottled
enamel” an endemic
infection of enamel
observed in certain
localities in
Colorado, USA
“mottled enamel”
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Thaddeus Hyatt
(1922)
• First to practiced
prophylactic
odontotomy (cutting
of teeth for
prevention of
diseases)
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Alexander Fleming
(1929)
• He discovered
penicillin
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Edward Hartley
Angle (1930)
• An American
Orthodontists who
founded the first
post graduate
school, first society
and first journal of
orthodontics
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