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A Sumerian text of this date describes "tooth worm" as the cause of dental decay.
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In France Ambroise Pare, known as the Father of Surgery, publishes his Complete Works. This includes practical information about dentistry such as tooth extraction and the treatment of tooth decay and jaw fractures.
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Isaac Greenwood practices as the first native-born American dentist.
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Frenchman Nicolas Dubois de Chemant receives the first patent for porcelain teeth.
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Lucy Beaman Hobbs graduates from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, becoming the first woman to earn a dental degree.
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Dr. Robert Tanner Freeman, graduating from Harvard University Dental School, becomes the first African-American to earn a dental degree.
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All dental assistants were first known as "Ladies in Attendance" dating back to a New Orleans dentist Br. C Edmund Kells... [he] incorporated his wife into his dental practice to assist him when needed.
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The first formal training program for dental nurses is established at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery by Cyrus M. Wright. The program is discontinued in 1914 mainly due to opposition by Ohio dentists.
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At 6 months I got my first tooth.
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At 5 I went to my first Dentist Appointment.
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The ADAA is the professional organization for dental assistants. It celebrates its 91st year in 2016.
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Dentist Appointment
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Death of Hesy-Re, and Egyptian scribe, often called the first "dentist". An inscription on this tomb titled "the greatest of those who dealt with teeth, and of physicians". This is the earliest known reference to a person identified as a dental practitioner.
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