Dental Hygiene

Begining of Dental Hygiene

Aug 1, 1800

In the late 1800s dental disease prevention methods became popular amongst dentists and dental nurses, with dentists being trained to perform routine prophylaxis treatment in the fight against dental disease

FDI

Sep 16, 1900

Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI) is formed

Porcelain jacket crown

Sep 16, 1903

Charles Land devises the porcelain jacket crown

Novocain

Sep 16, 1905

Alfred Einhorn, a German chemist, formulates the local anesthetic procain, later marketed under the trade name Novocain

First recognised dental hygienist

Sep 16, 1906

Alfred C. Fones began to train his cousin, Irene Newman, to act as an apprentice, scaling and polishing teeth as well as giving instructions on how to keep their mouths clean with daily home care practices. She was then to become the first recognised dental hygienist

Lost wax

Sep 16, 1907

William Taggart invents a “lost wax” casting machine, allowing dentists to make precision cast fillings

First school of dental hygienists

Sep 16, 1913

In 1913 the term dental hygienist was devised and Alfred Fones began the first school for dental hygienists in Connecticut

First legal dental hygienist

Sep 16, 1914

1914 the first legal dental hygienists graduated from Dr. Fones’ dental hygiene program and legally allowed to provide patients with prophylaxis treatment

ADHA

Sep 16, 1923

1923 the first meeting of the American Dental Hygienist Association took place

NIDCR

Sep 16, 1948

President Harry S. Truman signs the Congressional bill formally establishing the National Institute of Dental Research and initiating federal funding for dental research. The name changes to National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) in 1998.