List Of Dentists

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.

REAL-LIFE DENTISTS

Harold Albrecht - Conservative Party Of Canada politician.

Bill Allen , former president of the British Dental Association .

Edward Angle - Father of Orthodontics

Steve Arlin - Dentist after playing Major League Baseball .

Gunadasa Amarasekara -Sinhala language writer.

Franz Bäke -Nazi Panzer ace.

Henryka Bartnicka-Tajchert - Member of the Anti-Nazi Polish Resistance who became a dentist.

Charles Spence Bate -An authority on Crustacea , five species are named for him.

Samuel Bemis -Photography pioneer who became an eccentric recluse.

Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow - Former head of the dentistry center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry under Saparmurat Niyazov , currently acting President of Turkmenistan .

Paul Beresford - Conservative Party (UK) politician.

Greene Vardiman Black -He invented a foot-driven dental drill and is classed as a father of modern dentistry.

Robert Blake -He wrote, ''An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals.''

Jan Boubli -French professional Poker player and retired dentist.

Allan G. Brodie -American dentist who established the Prize Essay Award to promote research.

Martin Van Butchell -Eccentric who put his wife head on display at his home/practice after her death.

Georg Carabelli -Court dentist to the Austrian Emperor who founded a clinic in the University Of Vienna .

Gerald Cardinale - Republican Party (United States) politician with a dental office in Fort Lee, New Jersey .

James Carlisle - Governor-General of Antigua And Barbuda and member of the British Dental Association.

Chen Hsing-yu -Daughter of Chen Shui-bian .

Steve Christian -One of the Pitcairn Island Sex Abusers who did dentistry and was Mayor.

Dipak Chudasama -Cricketer called "The Doc" because he's a qualified dentist.

Antoni Cieszyński -Polish head of a Stomatology Institute who was killed in the Massacre Of Lwów Professors

Barney Clark -First recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.

Henry D. Cogswell -Designed a method of securing dental plates, and in the Temperance Movement .

Frederick J. Conboy -A secretary of the Ontario Dental Association and later mayor of Toronto.

Dan Crane -American Dentist/politician. Republican Party.

Miles Henry Davis -Ran for a seat on the State Legislature, NAACP member, and father to Miles Davis .

T Bob Davis -Pianist and dentist.

Bessie Delany -Of some note as the second black woman to be granted a dentistry license in New York state.

Bill Dickerson -Founder of the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies.

G. Walter Dittmar -A former president of the American Dental Association .

Bill Emmerson - California State Assembly member who had a 22 year ptactice.

Sheila Faith -British politician of the Conservative party.

Pierre Fauchard -He wrote the first complete scientific description of dentistry.

Rabab Fetieh -First Saudi female orthodontist.

Dan Fischer -Created "Ultradent", but more known for having been a Fundamentalist Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints "lost boy." {Link without Title}

Sten Forshufvud -Swedish dentist who drew on his professional knowledge when theorizing about the poisoning of Napoleon.

Samir Ghawshah -Leader of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front .

John Goodsir -Wrote a noted essay on teeth.

John "Dok" Hager -Cartoonist whose nickname came from his days as a dentist.

Jim Harrell, Jr. , past chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs. Also a Democratic Party (United States) politician.

Chapin A. Harris -Founded the first dental school in the US, or possibly anywhere.

Doc Holliday -Dentist and American Folklore icon, Gunfight At The O.K. Corral participant

Les Horvath -Winner of Heisman Trophy who became a dentist.

Edward Hudson -Eminent dentist when the field was new, he is also noted for making fake "ruins."

Lester C. Hunt - Democratic Party (United States) politician who served in the Dental Corps in World War I .(Committed suicide)

Erhard Keller - Speed Skater at the Winter Olympic Games and professional dentist for over thirty years.

Michael Krop - Democratic Party (United States) politician with a school named for him.

Peter Kunter - Football player for Eintracht Frankfurt .

Donald Leake -Dentist and inventor of the alloplastic tray. Also an oboist.

Charles Goodall Lee -He helped fund the founding of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance .

Jim Lonborg -In the Boston Red Sox Hall Of Fame , he is now a dentist.

Jiko Luveni -Fijian dentist who works on combatting AIDS.

Edward Maynard - He worked on United States Congress men and in 1888 he held the chair of Dental Theory and Practice at the National university in Washington. (Better known for firearms inventions)

Stanley McInnis -Canadian who moved a motion at a meeting of the Canadian Dental Association to adopt a code of ethics, also a politician.

Markus Merk - FIFA referee from Germany.

Ramón Mestre -Former Governor of Córdoba.

Frederick B. Morrehead -Helped save the University Of Illinois At Chicago College Of Dentistry .

Dr. Geraldine Morrow -First woman president of the American Dental Association.

Jack Miller -The "racing dentist" who was in the Indianapolis 500 .

Richard Müller (murderer) -German dentist and murderer.

John Newbrough -Of Oahspe .

Charlie Norwood served in the Dental Corps and was a member of the United States Congress .

Frederick Bogue Noyes -He organized the first course on dental pathology in the United States.

Giovanni Battista Orsenigo -Monk/dentist

Rodrigues Ottolengui - Sephardic Jewish dental pioneer who was one of the first to use X-rays.(Also wrote mystery novels)

Ron Packard -Navy Dental Corps and a private practice, he was later on the U.S. House Committee On Appropriations .

Painless Parker -Dentist and huckster.

Rudy Perpich -American dentist/politician of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party .

Fritz Pfeffer -Dentist who hid with Anne Frank .

Paul Rentsch -Dentist in the Nazi resistance movement.

Harry Sagansky -Gangster trained in dentistry who had a practice.

John Smith (dentist) -the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry.

Charles Stent -Dentist who advanced Dentures making.

Jon Sudbø -Norwegian dentist linked to a case of scientific misconduct.

Lucy Hobbs Taylor -The first female in the United States with a doctorate in dentistry.

José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira -Brazilian politician.

Charles Murray Turpin -Republican politician in the United States House Of Representatives .

Mohd Khir Bin Toyo -Malaysian politician.

Horace Wells -Pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, later committed suicide.

FICTIONAL DENTISTS

Bernard from Lost (TV Series) .

Matthew Brock from NewsRadio . (Although he gave it up to work in radio and is only seen practicing in one episode)

Dr. Tariq Faraj -From Oz (TV Series) .

Bob Fish, a title character in Bob And Margaret .

Ben Harper from British Sitcom '' My Family ''.

Oz from The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards .

John Patterson in For Better Or For Worse .

Dr. Frank Sangster in Novocaine (film) .

Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. ( Steve Martin ) - Little Shop Of Horrors (1986 Film)

Christian Szell from William Goldman 's Marathon Man , later a movie by John Schlesinger

Capt. Walter Koskiusko Waldowski , "Painless Pole" in MASH

Dr. Tim Whatley from Seinfeld , alleged to be an insincere convert to Judaism .

Dr. Wolfe from The Simpsons

Isaac Yankem professional wrestler, now known as Kane

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