History on Dentistry Flashcards
Who was the first woman to graduate from a recognized dental college?
Lucy B. Hobbs-Taylor
Who is known as the “Father of Modern Medicine”?
Hippocrates
What is the famous Hippocratic Oath?
I Solemn obligation to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat patients with confidentiality and to the best of one’s ability
Who developed dentistry as an independent profession?
Pierre Fauchard
In the United State, the degree conferred on dentists is??
Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
Studied dentistry; was primarily interested in using his skills as a silversmith to make artificial teeth and surgical instruments.
Paul Revere
Who was Green Vardiman Black, and what title did he earn?
G.V. Black, and earned the title of “Grand Old Man of Dentistry”
Bavarian physicist who discovered x-rays, or radiographs, in 1895
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
In 1844 discovered inhalation anesthesia.
Horace Wells
What is one of the most important medical discoveries of all time?
Inhalation anesthesia
Today women represent almost____ percent of the dental students in some dental schools
50
The first dentist to employ a dental assistant?
C. Edmund Kells
Who was the first dental assistant to be employed by a dentist?
Malvina Cueria
what is the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association is responsible for?
Evaluating and accrediting dental education programs
Where was the Dr. Sammuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry located?
Baltimore, Maryland
