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5000 BCE
Sumerian Text
" Tooth worms" are described as being the cause of dental decay.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
3000 BCE
Egyptians
Hesi-Re is earliest dentist known by name. -
201
Romans
Use Siwak as a primitive toothbrush. -
500
Amalgam
Medical text in China mentions the use of "silver paste" as a type of amalgam.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
Jun 15, 1400
Lay Barbers
A series of royal decrees in France prohibit lay barbers from practicing all surgical procedures except for bleeding, cupping, leeching, and extracting teeth.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
Pierre Fauchard
A French surgeon publishes The Surgeon Dentist and thus becomes known as the Father of Modern Dentistry. His book was the first to describe a comprehensive system for the practice of dentistry.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
Peter Hawkins
An itinerant preacher did extractions for parishioners. -
Porcelain Teeth
Frenchman Nicolas Dubois de Chemant receives the first patent for porcelain teeth.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
Lucy Beaman Hobbs
Lucy graduates from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, becoming the first woman to earn a dental degree.
[http://www.ada.org/en/about-the-ada/ada-history-and-presidents-of-the-ada/ada-history-of-dentistry-timeline] -
ADAA
The American Dental Assistants Association is the oldest,largest group representing professional dental assistants.
[https://www.adaausa.org/About-ADAA/History-of-ADAA] -
DANB
The ADAA established the Dental Assisting National Board as a seperate non-profit corporation.
[https://www.dentalaegis.com/ida/2014/02/A-History-of-Dental-Assisting-Certification] -
Caswell A. Evans
The first African American dentist elected president of the American Public Health Association. -
First Tooth
I got my first tooth. -
Braces
I got braces after having one tooth pulled to make room for the rest of them. -
Appointment
My next prophy appointment.
