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History of Dentistry
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| commission that accredits dental , dental assisting, dental hygiene, and dental laboratory educational programs | commission on dental accreditation of the american dental association |
| formal article or book based on dental evidence and facts | dental treatise |
| area of dentistry that establishes the identity of an individual on the basis of dental evidence such as dental records, impressions, bite marks, and so forth | forensic dentistry |
| infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth | periodontal disease |
| study under the guidance of a dentists or other professional | preceptorship |
| a mixture of mercury, silver, and tin | silver amalgam paste |
| more than ________ years ago , a cleft palate was repaired on a child in China | 2200 |
| who was the earliest dentist that practied about 3000 B.C. and was called " Chief of the toothers and the physicians" | Hesi-Re |
| who was known as the father of medicine | Hippocrates |
| a solemn obligation to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat patients with confidentiality and to the best of one's ability is also know as what | The Hippocratic Oath |
| Who mistakenly stated that the gingiva was responsible for tooth formation and thought that men has 32 teeth and women had only 30 | Aristotle |
| Who was it that used arsenic to treat decayed teeth and developed a silver amalgam paste for fillings | the Chinese |
| what was believed to be responsible for toothaches | toothworm |
| who developed tooth-cleaning powders made from eggshells, bones, and oyster shells mixed with honey | The Romans |
| Who was the first author to mention the nerves of the teeth | Claudius Galen |
| Who was the first to describe the differneces between molars and premolars | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Who was it that described a toothache as "the most atrocious pain that can torment a man without being followed by death" and was also known as the"father of modern surgery" | Ambroise Pare |
| Who originated the title of " surgeon dentist" and dispelled the theory that tooth decay was caused by a toothworm and was also known as the " father of modern dentistry" | Pierre Fauchard |
| who was regarded as the first native-born american dentist | Isaac Greenwood |
| which 2 men are listed as being George Washington's Dentist | John Baker and John Greenwood |
| In 1840 who established the frist dental college in the world | Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris |
| What was the name of the first dental college in the world | Baltimore college of dental surgery |
| the first dental college in the world is now known as what | University of maryland , school of dentistry |
| Who was known as the"Grand Old Man of Dentistry" | G.V. Black |
| What were the 2 major contributions to dentistry from G.V. Black | the principle of extension for jprevention and the standardized rules of cavity preparation and filling |
| who discovered x-rays, or radiographs in 1895 | Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen |
| who is the dentist credited with the discovery of inhalation anesthesia in 1844 | Horace Wells |
| Today women represent ____ % of students in some dental schools | 50 |
| who was the first black woman in the country to earn a formal DDS degree, and the first black woman to practice dentistry in Chicago | Ida Gray ( Ida Gray-Rollins ) |
| Who was the first female dental assistant | Malvina Cueria |
| Who is credited with employing the first dental assistant | C. Edmund Kells |
| who was the first dental hygienist | Irene Newman |
| In the 1900's what postion did dental staff work in | standing |
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