History Of Dent Flashcards
5600 BC
Tooth Worms as the cause of dental decay
2600 BC
Hes-Re from Egypt - first “dentist”
1700-1550 BC
“Ebers Papyrus” - diseases of the teethand various toothache remedies
500-300 BC
Hippocrates & Aristotle
Wrote a textbook about teeth eruption pattern, treating decay, gum diseases, extracting teeth with forceps, and stabilizing teeth and fractured jaws using wires
100 BC
Celsus
Wrote a compendium of medicine on oral hygiene, stabilization of loose teeth, treatment for toothache, teething pain, and jaw fractures
166-201 AD
ESTRUSCANS
Practiced dental prosthetics using gold crowns and fixed bridgewor
700
SILVERPASTE
A type of amalgam in China
500-1000
Guild of Barbers
Medicine surgery amd dentistry were practiced by monks
Surgeon - perform complex surgical operations
Lay barbers or barber - routine hygienic services like shaving bleeding and tooth extraction
1530
“Little medicinal book for all kinds of diseases amd infirmaries of the teeth”
Authored by Artzney Buchlein in Germany
First book devoted entirely to dentistry
Covers practical topics such as oral hygiene, tooth extraction, drilling teeth, placement of gold fillings
1575
Ambrose Pare
French surgeon
“Father of Surgery”
1723
PIERRE FAUCHARD
French surgeon
Father of Modern Dentistry
Published “The Surgeon Dentist, a Treatise on Teeth”
Introduced the idea of dental fillings and use of dental prosthesis, identified that acids are sugar led to tooth decay
1840
BALTIMORE COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY
World’s first dental school
Introduced Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree
Founded by Hayden and Horace Chapin Harris
Later on merged with the University of Maryland in 1923
1899
EDWARD HARTLY ANGLE
Classifies the various forms of dental malocclusion
Certified orthodontics into a dental specialty
Founded the first school of orthodontics, ANGLE SCHOOL OF ORTHODONTIA, St. Louis in 1900
Formed the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ORTHODONTICS IN 1901 – world’s first
dental society
Published AMERICAN ORTHODONTIST in 1907 – world first dental specialty journal
1908
GREEN VARDIMAN BLACK (G.V. BLACK)
Leading reformer and educator of American dentistry
Published “Operative Dentistry”
Developed techniques for filling teeth, standardizes operative procedures and instrumentation, develops an improved amalgam, pioneers the use of visual aids for teaching dentistry
1913
ALFRED C. FONES
Established CLINIC FOR FONES DENTAL HYGIENISTS – world’s first oral hygiene school
“Father of Dental Hygiene”
PH DENT HISTORY
Pre-Spanish Occupation
Barbers as dental practitioners
Used fingers and sometimes nail-pliers for extracting teeth
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Spanish Occupation
SACAMUELAS
any person skilled at pulling teeth
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Spanish Occupation
Capitan Jose Arevalo
“Capitan Cheng-Cheng”
First Filipino Dentist
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Spanish Occupation
UST
A special course in dentistry
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Spanish Occupation
CIRUJANOS MINISTRANTES
One who administers surgery
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Spanish Occupation
CIRUJANO DENTISTAS
Dental surgeons
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American Occupation
PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
Governing body
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American Occupation
ACT NO. 593 (1903)
The Act of Regulating the Practice of Dentistry in the Philippine Islands
Organization of the Board of Dental Examiners
PH DENT HISTORY
American Occupation
SOCIEDAD DENTAL DE FILIPINAS
Group of dentists formed an association
Don Bonifacio Arevalo – president Dr. Gregorio Mateo – VP Dr. Francisco Ponce Dr. Placido Flores Dr. Joaquin Lada
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American Occupation
ODONTOLOGIA FILIPINA
Gregorio Agramon – editor
Official organ of the society
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American Occupation
COLEGIO DENTAL DEL LICEO DE MANILA
First dental school
Renamed to PHILIPPINE DENTAL COLLEGE with 3 year DDS degree course
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American Occupation
Establishment of dental schools headed by the Sociedad Dental de Filipinas
University of the Philippines (1945)
National University (1925)
Centro Escolar University (1925)
Manila College of Dentistry (1929)
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American Occupation
NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION (1924)
Dr. Francisco Tecson – 1st president
NATIONAL DENTAL REVIEW – official organ
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American Occupation
ACT NO. 3538
Lengthening the dental course to 4 yrs (1929)
Enacted reciprocity provision forbidding foreign dentists from practicing in the
Philippines (1930)
1936 – 2 yr predental course as a pre-requisite for study of dentistry
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Post-World War II
PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION (PDA), 1945
Unification of 2 organizations
Catch up with the developments in dental science from foreign countries
JOURNAL OF PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, 1948 – official organ of PDA
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Post-World War II
PHILIPPINE COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE, 1948
Renamed to UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
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Post-World War II
Visayan Institutions
Southwestern Colleges
Iloilo City Colleges
University of San Agustin
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Post-World War II
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 417, 1948
Dental Law
Signed by President Elpidio Quirino
Provided for practical tests in the dental board exams
Imposed 2-yr pre-dental course
Increased penal provision for illegal practice of dentistry
Qualifications and duties of Board of Dental Examiners
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Post-World War II
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 481
Separating the Dental Corps from the medical service and creating it as a separate technical service of the AFP
