10 Famous Dentists !

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Dr F Pfeffer

Friedrich "Fritz" Pfeffer (30 April 1889 – 20 December 1944) was a German dentist and Jewish refugee who hid with Anne Frank during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands, and who perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp in Northern Germany. In Anne Frank's posthumously published diary all names, apart from those of the Frank family, were changed to preserve the privacy of individuals mentioned. Pfeffer was given the pseudonym Albert Dussel.

Dr Samual Benis

Dr. Samuel A. Bemis (1793 - 1881) was one of the earliest photographers in the United States. A small number of his daguerreotypes have survived. Bemis was a Boston dentist when in April 1840 he acquired an early camera and became one of the first Americans to take a photograph. His extant daguerreotypes include views of Boston and of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. These images are the earliest known American photographs of natural landscapes.

Jan ''La Grand'' Boubli

Jan "Le Grand" Boubli (born November 13) is a French professional poker player from Paris. Jan Boubli was a dentist for 22 years before retiring. In July 2003 he finished second at the World Poker Tour (WPT) second season Grand Prix de Paris. In September 2005 he won the European Poker Tour (EPT) second season Barcelona Open. He defeated Christer Johansson heads-up to win €426,000 ($528,195). As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000.

Edgar Buchanan

Edgar Buchanan (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television, most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s. As Uncle Joe, "who is moving kinda slow", he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the death of Bea Benaderet, who had played Kate Bradley. However before becoming a successful actor Edgar was a successful dentist like his father before him.

Dipak Nanalal Chudasama, born 20 May 1963 in Mombasa, was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chudasama was, as well as being a cricketer, a fully-qualified orthodontist. Having made his debut as early on as 1980, Chudasama represented Kenya at the 1996 World Cup, and the 1990, 1994 and 1997 ICC Trophies. In all, he played in 20 One-Day International matches. His top innings score was a stylish 122 against Bangladesh in Nairobi, a then-record opening partnership for the nation of Kenya.Chudasama has toured several countries in Asia and Africa, as well as Holland.

Martin Van Butchell

Martin van Butchell (1735–1814)was an eccentric British dentist who put his dead wife on display, reputedly because of a clause in a marriage contract. Butchell became a dentist in the 1760s London. He advertised in St. James's Chronicle with a text: "Real or Artificial Teeth from one to an entire set, with superlative gold pivots or springs, also gums, sockets and palate formed, fitted, finished and fixed without drawing stumps, or causing pain.’’ When his wife Mary died on January 14, 1775, he decided to have her embalmed and turn her into an attraction to draw more customers. He contacted his teacher of surgery and anatomy Dr. William Hunter and Dr. William Cruikshank who agreed to do the job.

GReeeeN

GReeeeN is a Japanesepop/rock/hip hop/breakbeatvocal group from Kōriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, comprising the all-male four members Hide, Navi, 92, and Soh. They made their debut with Universal Musicin 2007. Their logo image is of a mouthful of teeth, and the four e's indicate the number of members. The sound production is handled by Hide's older brother JIN, a former guitarist of Pay money To my Pain. According to their website at Universal Music Japan, their catch phrase is "Rock'n'Breakbeatswith Four Microphones". One notable characteristic is that none of the members have ever shown their faces in the public sphere as a part of GReeeeN, whether in theirpromotional videos,CDs, television performances, or theInternet. In their only performance onTV-U Fukushima's music show Music Bar Palo Palo (broadcast on January 19, 2007), the group even went as far as censoring their faces during the performance. GReeeeN cites keeping their professional lives indentistrycompatible with their musical ventures as the reason, but one of the members, Hide, has hinted that after all of the members pass the prefectural examination in dentistry and receive permission from the directors of the hospitals they work for, the group may consider a public appearance. All members studied at the dentistry department atOhu University, in Fukushima prefecture, (Hide, Navi, and 92 have all graduated, only Soh is still in school), and the group debuted while still in school in 2007.

Chapin Aaron Harris A.M., M.D., D.D.S. (May 6, 1806 in Pompey, N.Y. - September 29, 1860 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American physician and dentist and dentistry school founder. Harris is considered one of the founding members of the profession of Dentistry in the United States of America, father of American dental science, and a pioneer of dental journalism. He has been inducted in the hall of fame of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.

Peter Kunter

Peter Kunter (born 28 April 1941 in Berlin, Germany) is a former professional football goalkeeper. Playing for Eintracht Wetzlar Peter Kunter was capped for the German youth national team in 1958, amassing nine appearances. Afterwards he played four times for the amateur national team. From 1961 on Kunter studied dentistry, sports and German studies in Freiburg while playing for second tier Freiburger FC. In 1965 he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt, amassing 234 Bundesliga games and 17 games in DFB-Pokal and UEFA Cup/Cup Winners Cup. In December 1969 he received a doctorate of dentistry. He played in the final of the first DFB-Pokal win of the eagles in 1974 against the Hamburger SV. The next time one year later against MSV Duisburg he was a substitute.

Dr Markus Merk

Dr. Markus Merk (born March 15, 1962 in Kaiserslautern) is a former top-level German football referee as well as a dentist. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern München and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the Bundesliga season 2007/08 on May 17, 2008. He is considered to be one of the best referees to ever officiate, being ranked 2nd behind Pierluigi Collina, in the all-time rankings

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Dentists more likely to be born in December

New research reveals that the birth month of a baby is likely to shape their professional career.
And December is a month rich with dentists, according to the new study by Office for National Statistics.
Researchers came to this conclusion after analysing birth months of people belonging to 19 separate occupations using information from the last census.
They reveal that the month in which babies are born can also affect everything – from intelligence to length of life.
A child born December is more likely to become a dentist while someone whose birthday falls in January will tend to a debt collector, they found
According to the study, summer months mean a much lower chance of becoming a high-earning football player, doctor or dentist.
April and May are said to have a fairly even spread of professions. A lot of September born turn out to be sports players and physicists.

http://www.dentistry.co.uk/news/4382-Dentists-more-likely-to-be-born-in-December

Chronology of "HISTORY OF DENTISTRY"

Toothbrush fashioned from a tree branch

5000 BC - A Sumerian text of this date describes tooth worms as the cause of dental decay.

2600 BC - Death of Hesy-Re, an Egyptian scribe, often called the first "dentist." An inscription on his tomb includes the title "the greatest of those who deal with teeth, and of physicians." This is the earliest known reference to a person identified as a dental practitioner.

500-300 BC - Hippocrates and Aristotle write about dentistry, including the eruption pattern of teeth, treating decayed teeth and gum disease, extracting teeth with forceps, and using wires to stabilize loose teeth and fractured jaws.

100 BC - Celsus, a Roman medical writer, writes extensively in his important compendium of medicine on oral hygiene, stabilization of loose teeth, and treatments for toothache, teething pain, and jaw fractures.

166-201 AD - The Etruscans practice dental prosthetics using gold crowns and fixed bridgework.

Mayan jade inlay in an anterior tooth, circa A.D. 900

500-1000 - During the Early Middle Ages in Europe medicine, surgery, and dentistry, are generally practiced by monks, the most educated people of the period

700 - A medical text in China mentions the use of "silver paste," a type of amalgam
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1210 - A Guild of Barbers is established in France. Barbers eventually evolve into two groups: surgeons who were educated and trained to perform complex surgical operations; and lay barbers, or barber-surgeons, who performed more routine hygienic services including shaving, bleeding and tooth extraction.

1530 - The Little Medicinal Book for All Kinds of Diseases and Infirmities of the Teeth (Artzney Buchlein), the first book devoted entirely to dentistry, is published in Germany. Written for barbers and surgeons who treat the mouth, it covers practical topics such as oral hygiene, tooth extraction, drilling teeth, and placement of gold fillings.

1723 - Pierre Fauchard, a French surgeon publishes The Surgeon Dentist, A Treatise on Teeth (Le Chirurgien Dentiste). Fauchard is credited as being the Father of Modern Dentistry because his book was the first to describe a comprehensive system for the practice of dentistry including basic oral anatomy and function, operative and restorative techniques, and denture construction.

1746 - Claude Mouton describes a gold crown and post to be retained in the root canal. He also recommends white enameling for gold crowns for a more esthetic appearance.

Set of dentures made for George Washington by John Greenwood, 1798.

1789 - Nicolas Dubois de Chemant receives the first patent for porcelain teeth.

1790 - John Greenwood, son of Isaac Greenwood and one of George Washington's dentists, constructs the first known dental foot engine. He adapts his mother's foot treadle spinning wheel to rotate a drill.

1871 - The first electric dental engine, a self-contained motor and handpiece.

1825 - Samuel Stockton begins commercial manufacture of porcelain teeth. His S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company establishes and dominates the dental supply market throughout the 19th century.

1871 -The first electric dental engine, a self-contained motor and handpiece.

1832 - James Snell invents the first reclining dental chair.

1839 - Charles Goodyear invents the vulcanization process for hardening rubber. The resulting Vulcanite, an inexpensive material easily molded to the mouth, makes an excellent base for false teeth, and is soon adopted for use by dentists. In 1864 the molding process for vulcanite dentures is patented, but the dental profession fights the onerous licensing fees for the next twenty-five years.

1840 - Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris establish the world's first dental school, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and originate the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree. (The school merges with the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 1923).

1846 - Dentist William Morton conducts the first successful public demonstration of the use of ether anesthesia for surgery. The previous year Horace Wells, also a dentist, had conducted a similar demonstration that was regarded as a failure when the patient cried out. Crawford Long, a physician, later claims he used ether as an anesthetic in an operation as early as 1842, but he did not publish his work.

1855 - Robert Arthur originates the cohesive gold foil method allowing dentists to insert gold into a cavity with minimal pressure. The foil is fabricated by annealing, a process of passing gold through a flame making it soft and malleable.

1864 - Sanford C. Barnum, develops the rubber dam, a simple device made of a piece of elastic rubber fitted over a tooth by means of weights, which solves the problem of isolating a tooth from the oral cavity.

1866 - Lucy Beaman Hobbs graduates from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, becoming the first woman> to earn a dental degree.

1880s - The collapsible metal tube revolutionizes toothpaste manufacturing and marketing. Dentifrice had been available only in liquid or powder form, usually made by individual dentists, and sold in bottles, porcelain pots, or paper boxes. Tube toothpaste, in contrast, is mass-produced in factories, mass-marketed, and sold nation-wide. In twenty years, it becomes the norm.

1890 - Willoughby Miller an American dentist in Germany, notes the microbial basis of dental decay in his book Micro-Organisms of the Human Mouth. This generates an unprecedented interest in oral hygiene and starts a world-wide movement to promote regular toothbrushing and flossing.

1895 - Wilhelm Roentgen, a German physicist, discovers the x-ray
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1899 - Edward Hartley Angle classifies the various forms of malocclusion


The development of new technologies:

1903 - Charles Land devises the porcelain jacket crown.

1905 - Alfred Einhorn, a German chemist, formulates the local anesthetic procain, later marketed under the trade name Novocain.


1907 - William Taggart invents a "lost wax" casting machine, allowing dentists to make precision cast fillings.

1930-1943 - Frederick S. McKay, a Colorado dentist, is convinced that brown stains (mottling) on his patients' teeth are related to their water supply. McKay's research verifies that drinking water with high levels of naturally occurring fluoride is associated with low dental caries and a high degree of mottled enamel. By the early 1940s, H. Trendley Dean determines the ideal level of fluoride in drinking water to substantially reduce decay without mottling.

1938 - The nylon toothbrush, the first made with synthetic bristles, appears on the market.

1937 - Alvin Strock inserts the first Vitallium dental screw implant. Vitallium, the first successful biocompatible implant metal, had been developed a year earlier by Charles Venable, an orthopedic surgeon.

1950s - The first fluoride toothpastes are marketed.

1949 - Oskar Hagger, a Swiss chemist, develops the first system of bonding acrylic resin to dentin.

1955 - Michael Buonocore describes the acid etch technique, a simple method of increasing the adhesion of acrylic fillings to enamel.

1957 - John Borden introduces a high-speed air-driven contra-angle handpiece. The Airotor obtains speeds up to 300,000 rotations per minute and is an immediate commercial success, launching a new era of high-speed dentistry
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1958 - A fully reclining dental chair is introduced.

1960s - Lasers are developed and approved for soft tissue procedures.

1960 - The first commercial electric toothbrush, developed in Switzerland

1962 - Rafael Bowen develops Bis-GMA, the thermoset resin complex used in most modern composite resin restorative materials.

1980s - Per-Ingvar Branemark describes techniques for the osseointegration of dental implants.

1989 - The first commercial home tooth bleaching product is marketed.

1990s - New tooth-colored restorative materials plus increased usage of bleaching, veneers, and implants inaugurate an era of esthetic dentistry