History of Dentistry –
Chapter 1 Study Guide
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Describe the role of Hippocrates in history It Stressed the importance of keeping the teeth in good condition.
Writings described the teeth, their formation, and their eruption as
well as disease of the teeth and methods of treatment
State the basic premise of the hippocratic oath A solemn obligation to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat patients
with confidentiality and to the best of one´s ability. It still serves as
the basis of the code of ethics for medical and dental professions.
Name the first woman to graduate from a Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor
college of dentistry
name the first african american to receive the Robert Tanner Freeman
dmd degree from harvard university
name the first african american woman to receive Ida Gray Rollins
a dental degree in the united states
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discuss the contributions of horace h hayden and Established the first dental college in the world. 1840 Baltimore-
chapin a harris Maryland
Discribe two major contributions of G:V: Black. The principle of extenstion for prevvention in which the margins of a
filling were extended to within reach of a toothbrush for cleaning the
tooth. He standardized rules of cavity preparation and filling.
Name the first dentist to employ a dental Edmund Kells
assistant
Name the First native american indian dentist George Blue Spruce
Name the scientist who discovered x rays Wilhem Conrad Roentgen
The Physician who first used nitrous oxide for Horace Wells
tooth extractions
Earliest dentist whose name is Hesi-Re
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