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Malvina Cueria
Malvina Cueria was the first female dental assistant.
Jennie D. Spurrier
Jennie D. Spurrier was the first female dentist in Illinois.
Irene Newman
Irene Newman was the first female dental hygienist.
Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor
Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor was the first woman to graduate from a recognized college of dentistry.
Pierre Fauchard
Pierre Fauchard is considered the 'Father of Modern Dentistry.'
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates is known as the 'Father of Medicine.'
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was the first to describe the difference between premolars and molars.
G.V. Black
G.V. Black is known as the 'Grand Old Man of Dentistry.'
Hippocratic Oath
The Hippocratic Oath is the basis for the code of ethics for the medical and dental professions and is based on the
solemn obligation to 'do no harm' to the patient.
Claudius Galen
Claudius Galen (130-200 AD) was the first to write about nerves in the teeth.
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John Baker
John Baker was a physician and dentist who practiced in colonial America.
Samuel Stockton
Samuel Stockton established the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company in 1825 and began manufacturing
porcelain teeth.
Paul Revere
Paul Revere is credited with beginning the science of forensic dentistry, by performing the first identification of a
corpse based on dental history.
Horace Wells
Horace Wells is credited with the discovery of inhalation anesthesia in 1844.
Horace Hayden
Horace Hayden, along with Chapin Harris, established the first dental school in the world in Baltimore, Maryland.
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