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who wrote the Treatise on the Human Teeth

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Richard C. Skinner

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what is the first dental book published in America

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Treatise on the Human Teeth

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begins commercial manufacture of porcelain teeth

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Samuel Stockton

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establishes and dominates the dental supply market throughout the 19th century

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S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company

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The Crawcours introduced amalgam filling material in the United States under the name?

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Royal Mineral Succedaneum

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a liquid mercury and metal allow mixture used in dentistry to fill cavities caused by tooth decay

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Dental amalgam

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a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, to give resistance to corrosion

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Alloy

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low-copper amalgam commonly consists of?

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50% mercucy, 22-32% silver, tin 14%, and zinc 8%

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the worlds first dental journal, begins publication

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The American Journal of Dental Science

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invents the vulcanization process for hardening rubber.

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Charles Goodyear

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an inexpensive material easily molded to the mouth, makes an excellent base for false teeth

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Vulcanite

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is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur.

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Vulcanization

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who found the world’s first dental school

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Horace Hayden and Chapin Harris

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what is the name of the first dental school

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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery

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the world’s first national dental organization is founder

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American Society of Dental Surgeons

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who discovers that nitrous oxide can be used as an anethesia

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Horace Wells

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who conducted the first succesful public demonstration of the ue of ETHER anesthesia for surgery?

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William Morton

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twenty-six dentists meet in niaga falls and form the

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American Dental Association

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he developed the rubber dam

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Sanford C. Barnum

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prevent sakiva for interfering with the dental work, prevent instruments and materials from being inhaled, swallowed, or damaging the mouth

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rubber dam

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prevent sakiva for interfering with the dental work, prevent instruments and materials from being inhaled, swallowed, or damaging the mouth

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rubber dam

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rubber dam is also called as?

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isolation, or moisture control

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the first woman to earn a dental degree

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Lucy Beaman Hobbs

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DMD stands fir

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Dentariae Medicinae Doctorae

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who patents the first commercially manufactured foot-treadle dentall engine
James B. Morrison
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he received a patent for the first electric dental engine
George F. Green
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the first pump-hype hydraulic dental chair
The Wilkerson chair
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Dr. Washington Sheffield manufactured toothpaste in collapsible tube and called it
Dr. Sheffield's Dentifrice
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what year when the national association od dental examiners is founded by the members of the dental boards of several states
1883
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who discovered the x-ray
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
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The American Dental Assistants Association is founder in 1924 by
Juliette Southard
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in 1924 Juliette Southard founded what?
The American Dental Assistants Association
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he took the first dental x-ray of a living person
C. Edmond Kells
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the mechanical alteration of a tooth to receive a restorative material, which will return the tooth to proper anatomical form, function and aesthetics.
Cavity preparation
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this procedure is done to remove the defective or friable tooth structure
Cavity preparation
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classifies the various forms of malocclusion
Edward Hartley Angle
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he established the first school of orthodontics
Edward Hartley Angle
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The mesiobuccal cusp of the upper first molar occludes with the buccal groove of the lower first molar.
Normal occlusion
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Same as normal occlusion but characterized by crowding, rotations, and other positional irregularities.
Class 1 malocclusion
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The mesiobuccal cusp of the upper first molar occludes anterior to the buccal groove of the lower first molar.
class 2 malocclusion
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The mesiobuccal cusp of the upper first molar occludes posterior to the buccal groove of the lower first molar.
class 3 malocclusion or prognathic
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he devises the porcelain jacket crown
Charles Land
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he invented a "lost wax" casting machine, allowing dentists to make percision cast fillings
William Taggart
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publishes his monumental two-volume treatise Operative Dentistry
G.V. Black
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the world's first oral hygiene school
Fones Clinic for Dental Hygienists
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he opened the Fones Clinic for Dental Hygienists in Bridgeport, the world's first oral hygiene school
Alfred C. Fones
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first to use the term "dental hygienist"
Alfred C. Fones or Dr. Fones
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known as the Father of Dental Hygiene
Alfred C. Fones or Dr. Fones
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he inserts the first Vitallium dental screw implant
Alvin Strock
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the first succesful biocompatible implant metal
Vitallium
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when was The Oral Health unit was established in World Health Organization
1948
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develops the first system of bonding acrylic resin to dentin
Oskar Hagger
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this is used to make a dental composite filling material adhere to both dentin and enamel
Bonding agents
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when was the first fluoride toothpastes are marketed
1950's
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is the use of an acidic substance to prepare the tooth's natural enamel for the application of an adhesive
Acid etching
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introduces the high-speed air-driven contra-angle handpiece
John Bordern
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The Airotor obtains speeds up to?
300,00 rotations per minute
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when was the fully reclining dental chair is introduced?
1958
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it simply means that the dental assistant's two hands are assisting the dentist's two hands, helping to reduce the amount of time a dental exam or procedure may take
four-handed dentistry
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when was the first commercial electric toothbrush introduced?
1960
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is the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load bearing artificial implant
Osseointerogation
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describes the acid etch technique
Michael Buonocore

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