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Important People
Important People in Dental History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| C Edmund Kells | Employed the first dental assistant |
| Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | Discovered the x-ray beam in 1895 |
| Ida Gray Rollins | First African-American woman in the US to earn a dental degree |
| Robert Tanner Freeman | First African-American dentist to receive the doctor of Medical Dentisty (DMD) from Harvard University |
| George Blue Spruce Jr. | First Native-American dentist in the United States |
| Jessica A Rickert | First recognized Native-American female dentist |
| Pierre Fauchard | Father of Modern Dentistry |
| Alfred C Phones | Established the first dental hygiene school in Bridgeport, CT |