Group 4 DMD-1B

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROGRESS

OF DENTISTRY IN MODERN TIMES
PIERRE FAUCHARD (1678 – March 22, 1761)
• French Physician
• Father of Modern Dentistry
 ROBERT BUNON (May 1, 1702)
• Born at Chalon-sur-Marne (Chalons-en-Champagne today), France

• father to pediatric dentistry

• Dissertation sur un prejugé très-pernicieux
concernant les maux de dents qui surviennent
aux femmes grosses
• Essay Sur Les Maladies Des Dents
Expériences et démonstrations faites à
l’Hôpital de la Salpêtrière
 PIERRE MOUTON
• Introduced the use of golden shell tooth crown in 1746
 JAMES LIND
• (born 1716, Edinburgh—died July 13, 1794, Gosport, Hampshire)
• founder of naval hygiene in England Proved that
scurvy can be eradicated using fresh citrus fruits

• A British naval surgeon (1739–48)

• A Treatise on Scurvy
 LORENZ HEISTER (1683 – 1758)
• major academic surgeon of the eighteenth century served as an army
surgeon in a number of campaigns
 PHILLIP PFAFF (1713- 1766)
• Germany’s first "state-appointed dentist" and served time in the
military as a company surgeon in the First Silesian War

• Abhandlung von den Zähnen des menschlichen Körper

• first to take dental and arch impressions etc.
 JOHN GREENWOOD [1760]
• was an American fifer and dentist, serving as George
Washington's personal dentist.
• He invented the first known "dental foot engine" in 1790
 JOHN HUNTER [1728]
• From East Kilbride, Scotland.
• 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.
 APOTHECARY ALEXIS DUCHATEAU [1714]
• In 1774, French Apothecary Alexis Duchateau first requested
the fabrication of porcelain dentures from a Parisian
porcelain manufacturer [Dr. Dubois de Chemant].
 BENJAMIN BELL [1749]
• He is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon.
• A surgeon, who describes the classification of the histology
and pathology of the disease of the pulp and pericementum
 RICHARD SKINNERS (1801)
• Author of the first dental book “ A Treatise on the Human
Teeth” printed in the USA.
 LOUIS LAFORGUE (1802)

• He invented the TOOTH CLASP

 J.B Gariot (1805)

• He constructed the first articulator. It was a plane line, one-dimensional

device.
• Author of the book "Traité des maladies de la bouche"
 Louis Jacques Thenard (1808)
• born on May 4, 1777
• French chemist, teacher, and author of an influential four-
volume text on basic chemical theory and practice (1813–16).
• He discovered Hydrogen Peroxide
 Jean-Joseph-Dubois-Foucou (1808)
• born on February 19, 1748
• He studied surgery in the hospital of the same town and
in the “Hôpital de la Charité”, the current University of
Medicine. He graduated from surgery and was entitled
master surgeon in 1766.
• He describes in detail a method of taking impressions of
teeth and gums
 Delmont (1824)
• He invented the barbed nerve broach
 Horace H. Hayden (1825)

• born on October 13, 1769

• He was the first dental practitioner registered in the United
States
• He is the founder of Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1839
 Truman Brophy (1828)
• born on April 12, 1848
• He is known to be the founder of the Chicago College of Dentistry
• An expert oral surgeon who made great improvements in the
operation for the closure of harelip and cleft palate
Wilhelm Frederick von Ludwig (September 16, 1790 –
December 14, 1865)
• a German physician known for his 1836 publication on the
condition now known as Ludwig's angina.
American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS)

• was the first national dental organization formed in the United States
of America.
• The profession’s immortals: Chapin A. Harris, Horace H. Hayden,
Solyman Brown, and Eleazar Parmly were in the organization
• These professionals would also, following the establishment of the
ASDS, be instrumental in opening the first dental school in the world,
the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
• Disbanded because of the Amalgam War
 American Journal of Dental Science

• It was first published on June 1, 1839, in the United States

• It was also the first periodical that is devoted to the interests of
the science and art of dentistry
• It was terminated with the death of Chapin A. Harris, in 1860
 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
• in 1840 and was the birthplace of the Doctor of Dental Surgery
(D.D.S.) degree. It is known as the first dental college in the
world. It is headquartered at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore campus. It is the only dental school in Maryland.
Sir Charles Bell (12 November 1774 – 28 April 1842)

• a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist,

artist, and philosophical theologian.
• He is noted for describing Bell's palsy.
Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16,
1878)
• an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of
inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.
 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.
 Dr. William Henry Atkinson (1861)
• (23 Jan. 1815-2 April 1891), an early Cleveland
dentist, was a pioneer in dental surgery and the
first president of the American Dental Association.
• He studied medicine in 1840 in Meadville, Atkinson
received his M.D. from Willoughby University
(1847), and an honorary D.D.S. degree from the
Ohio College of Dental Surgery (1859).
• He introduced the hand mallet
 Sanford C. Barnum (1864)
• (born August 24, 1838, in Oakland Valley, Sullivan County )
• In 1858, Barnum began his training as a dentist with his
uncle Dr. John Clowes. He graduated in New York in 1868 as
a Doctor of Dental Surgery.
• On March 15, 1864, for the first time, he had the idea of
entering the history of dentistry: he invented a rubber dam
• Rubber dam. A simple device made of a piece of elastic
rubber fitted over a tooth using a metal frame, it creates a
dry field in which the dentist can work. Its purpose is to
isolate a tooth from the oral cavity.
 Nathan Keep (1875)
• Keep was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on
December 23, 1800. In 1821, he moved to Boston and
graduated from Harvard Medical School with an
M.D. in 1827.
• He was a critical participant in the Parkman murder
trial, the first time that dental work was introduced
as forensic evidence.
• He became famous because of his ability to identify
victims using dental work.
• in 1867, he became the first dean of the Harvard
School of dental medicine identify victims through
dental work
 John Riggs (1885)
• first American dentist specializing in
periodontology. Riggs was born in Seymour,
Connecticut and graduated from the Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery in 1854
• 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.
 George Snow (1889)
• He invented the face bow
 Wilheim Conrad Roentgen (1845-1923)
• Discovered roentgen rays or X-rays
• First Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
 James E. Garretson (1828-1895)
• 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
 Greene Vardiman Black (1836-1915)
• commonly known as G.V. Black, is known as one of the
founders of modern dentistry in the United States. He is also
known as the father of operative dentistry.
• He standardized cavity preparation, cutting and filling
instruments.
 Thaddeus Hyatt (1816-1901)
• was an American lawyer and one of the inventors of reinforced
concrete. In the 1850s he was active in the abolitionist
movement and started settlements in Kansas.
• First to practiced prophylactic odontotomy (cutting of teeth for
prevention of diseases)
 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955)
• In 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, though he did not
realize the full significance of his discovery for at least another
decade.
• He eventually received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
in 1945.
 Edward Hartley Angle (1855-1930)
• was an American dentist, widely regarded as "the father of
American orthodontics".
• He was trained as a dentist, but made orthodontics his
speciality and dedicated his life to standardizing the teaching
and practice of orthodontics.
 REFERENCES
• Canvas
• https://www.slideshare.net/indiandentalacademy/recent-advances-in-ceramics-for-dentistry-dental-implant-
courses
• https://www.facebook.com/OntarioDentalAssociation/posts/in-1774-british-doctor-alexis-duchateau-crafted-
the-first-porcelain-dentures-whi/1676024235743006/
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/John-Greenwood-%28dentist%29
• http://famousmenindentistry.blogspot.com/2016/05/dr-john-greenwood-inventor-of-dental.html
• https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/john-hunter-the-natural-history-of-the-
human-teeth-1771/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Society_of_Dental_Surgeons
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Dentistry
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Long
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%27s_angina
THANK YOU!!

Group 4 DMD-1B
CANTOS, PAUL-LYNN
FENNIS, NABBY GAIL
MANZANO, ISABELA
SANTOS, SAMANTHA
QUIAMBAO, RALP HUDREN
SAN JOSE, RAHZIEL DOMINIC