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Commission on dental accreditation of the American dental association - Commission that accredits dental, dental assisting, dental hygiene, and dental laboratory educational programs Dental treatise - Formal article or book based on dental evidence and facts Forensic dentistry - Area of dentistry that establishes the identity of an individual on the basis of dental evidence such as dental records, impressions, bite marks, and so forth Periodontal disease - Infections and other conditions of the structures that support the teeth, gums and bone Preceptorship - Study under the guidence of a dentist or other professional. Silver amalgam paste - A mixture of mercury, silver and tin Teledentistry - The process of using electronic transfer of images and other information for consultation and /or insurance purposes in dentistry Hesi-Re - Earliest dentist whose name is known. Egyptian physician who was knows as the "chief of the toothers and the physicians" Hippocrates - Known as "FATHER OF MEDICINE", he stressed the importance of keeping the teeth in good condition He also developed a dentifrice and mouthwash Hippocratic Oath - A solemn obligation to refrain from wrongdoing and to treat patients with confidentiality and to the best of ones ability. Chinese - Who developed a silver amalgam paste in the second century Romans - Skilled in restoring decayed teeth with gold crowns and replacing missing teeth by means of fixed bridgework Leonardo da Vinci - First anatomist to describe the differences between molars and premolars Ambroise Pare - Known as the father of modern surgery Pierre Fauchard - Physician that developed dentistry as an independent profession and originated the title of "surgeon dentist" he also recognized that scaling the teeth could prevent gum disease Aka FATHER OF MODERN DENTISTRY Paul Revere - Credited with the beginning science of forensic dentistry Dr. Green Vardiman Black Aka G. V. Black - GRAND OLD MAN OF DENTISTRY Believed in preventive dentistry. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen - Bavarian physicist who discovered x-rays in 1895 Horace Wells - Dentist credited with discovery of inhalation anesthesia in 1844 C. Edmund Kells - Dentist credited with employing the first dental assistant aka lady in attendance 1948 - Dental assisting national board (previously known as certyfying board of American dental assistants association) was established in... (DANB) Hazel O. Torres and Ann Ehrlich - Coauthored Modern dental assisting (MDA) Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American dental association - Responsible for the evaluation and accreditation of dental education programs in the USA. American Dental assistants association (ADAA) - Professional organization that represents the profession of dental assisting on a national level. Certified dental assistant (CDA) - The nationally recognized credential of the dental assistant who has passed the DANB certification examination and keeps current in practice through continuing education