Chapter 1 Modern Dental Assisting
Who was the founder of Dental Hygiene education in America?
Alfred C. Fones
"Father of Modern Surgery"
Ambriose Paré
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
An oath taken by all those going into heath fields. Means to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat the patient as best as one can.
Where is the Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry located?
Baltimore, Maryland
Who was the first dentist to use a dental assistant?
C. Edmund Kells
Who was the first person to discover and publish the first paper on oral "hairy" leukoplakia?
Dr. Deborah Greenspan
Who earned the title of "Grand Old Man of Dentistry"?
Dr. Green Vardiman Black; Also known as G.V. Black
"Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
Who (2) founded the first dental school in America?
Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris
Who was the first dentist to use nitrous oxide?
Horace Wells
Who was the first African American FEMALE dentist in the United States?
Ida Gray-Rollins
Who was George Washington's Dentist?
John Baker
Which famous artist was the first to distinguish molars from pre-molars?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who was the first woman to graduate from a dental school?
Lucy B. Hobbs Taylor
Who was the first female dental assistant?
Malvina Cueria
Which famous colonial patriot first used forensic evidence?
Paul Revere
"Father of Modern Dentistry"
Pierre Fauchard
What dental procedures did the Romans Practice?
Restoring decayed and missing teeth, also bridgework and fillings.
Who was the first African-American to graduate from dental school at Harvard University?
Robert Tanner Freeman
Who was the first dentist to travel throughout the colonies?
Robert Woofendale
How long as dental disease existed?
Since the beginning of mankind.
Who were the first to develop the silver fillings?
The Chinese.
Hesi-Re
The earliest dentist known, about 3,000 BC in Egypt.
