Dentists Dentists William R Allen OBE is a distinguished British dentist. He was born in Bognor Regis and educated at Chichester Grammar School. He is a former President of the British Dental Association and he is the current Chairman of The Cricket Society. He is a keen club cricketer and has captained the Cricket Society XI. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bill Allen"
Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS ( March 16 1819 - July 29 1889) was a British zoologist and dentist, who lived in Swansea and later Plymouth. He was an authority on the crustacea, and a frequent correspondent with Charles Darwin, mostly concerning their shared interest in barnacles. Together with J. O. Westwood, he wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea". ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Spence Bate"
Charles Stent ( 1807- 1885) was a nineteenth-century dentist notable for his advances in the field of denturemaking. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Stent"
Dr. Robert Blake ( 1772 - 25 March, 1822) graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in September 1798, having trained to be a dentist for his uncle, Edward Hudson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dr Robert Blake"
Edward Hudson ( 1743 - 4 October, 1821) was born in Castlemartyr, County Cork, Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Hudson"
Giovanni Battista Orsenigo- ( 1837- 1904) An Italian monk from a family of thirteen, although four of his siblings did not reach adulthood. He had several jobs before realizing his vocation and becoming a monk/dentist. He is most known for being in the Guinness Book of Records as the most dedicated dentist. In total he collected 2,000,744 of the teeth he extracted. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Giovanni Battista Orsenigo"
Horace Wells ( January 21, 1815 - January 24, 1848) was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide or laughing gas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horace Wells"
James Andrew (Jim) Harrell, Jr. was the Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's District 5 in 2004. He won 41 percent of the vote to Virginia Foxx's 59 percent. The seat had been open after the retirement of Richard Burr, who left to run a successful campaign against Erskine Bowles to represent North Carolina in the Senate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jim Harrell, Jr."
John Smith ( 1825- 1910) was the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry. He was born in Scotland, the son of a dentist, and took over the practice in 1851. Recognising the need for improved training, he founded the Edinburgh Dental Dispensary in 1860 and wrote the Handbook of Dental Anatomy and Surgery ( 1864). The Dispensary grew into the Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School by 1879. Smith was also a moderately successful playwright. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Smith (dentist)"
Jon Sudbø (born May 3, 1961) is a dentist, consultant oncologist and medical researcher at The Radium Hospital in Oslo, Norway. He earned his doctoral degree in 2001. In January 2006 it was revealed that his October 2005 fast track submission to The Lancet was based upon fraudulent patient data. The hoaxed article had suggested that non- COX2- NSAIDs like ibumetin diminish the risk of oral cancer in smokers. However, it turned out that the whole patient material was fictional. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jon Sudbø"
Lester Callaway Hunt ( July 8, 1892– June 19, 1954) was a Democratic politician and dentist from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He served as governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lester C. Hunt"
List of dentists is a list of dentists who have gained some small role in history. As Dental phobia is a part of the culture this list is to note the actual stories of dentists. Also to give a sense of the history of those in the field. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of dentists"
Martin van Butchell (1735-1812) was a British eccentric dentist who put his dead wife on display, reputedly because of a clause in a marriage contract. ...more on Wikipedia about "Martin van Butchell"
Michael Keith Simpson (born September 8 1950), American politician, ...more on Wikipedia about "Mike Simpson"
Miles Henry Davis ( March 1, 1900—19?) was a prominent dentist and father of jazz legend Miles Davis. ...more on Wikipedia about "Miles Henry Davis"
Edgar R.R. "Painless" Parker ( 1871- 1951) was a flamboyant dentist and huckster. He attended Temple University dental school, and began his practice as a street dentist in New York City. He went on to manage a combination traveling circus/dental clinic, promoting "painless dentistry". At one point he claimed to have pulled 357 teeth in one day, which he strung on a necklace. He legally changed his first name to "Painless", when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless. In the end, Parker ran about 30 West Coast dental offices, employing over 70 dentists, and grossing $3 million per year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Painless Parker"
Pierre Fauchard (born 1687 in Brittany; died March 22 1761 in Paris) was a significant French dentist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pierre Fauchard"
Rodrigues Ottolengui ( 1861 - July 11, 1937) was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rodrigues Ottolengui"
(Irene) Sheila Faith (born Irene Sheila Book, June 3, 1928) is a British politician and dental surgeon. She served one term each in the House of Commons and European Parliament as a Conservative. She is a native of Newcastle upon Tyne and attended Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central High School and the University of Durham. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sheila Faith"
Stanley William McInnis ( October 8, 1865— November 4, 1907) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1907 as a member of the Conservative Party, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Rodmond Palen Roblin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stanley McInnis"
Sten Forshufvud was a Swedish dentist and expert on poisons who formulated and supported the controversial theory that Napoleon was assassinated by a member of his entourage while in exile. He co-authored a book about this with Ben Weider. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sten Forshufvud" Tell your opinion about www.shortopedia.com
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