History of Dentistry Resource Guide
- A Pictoral History of Dentistry Pictoral overview of dentistry prepared by Dental Assistant
- History of Dentistry and Dental Care
history of Dental Organizations
- American Academy of General Dentistry
- American Association of Women Dentists
- American Dental Association
- Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB)
- National Dental Association
Topics and Dental Specialties
These web sites cover dental specialties or particular topics related to the history of dentistry. Additional resources can be located by searching the VCU Library Catalog. Try searching using the subject heading "History of Dentistry." The National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE/PubMed database also can be searched for information related to the History of Dentistry.
- African Americans in Dentistry
- Dental Archives
- From the Dental Archives
This is to be a collection of articles from the dental periodical literature prior to 1925 which are either of historical significance or current interest compiled by the University of Michigan Dental Library - Dental Cosmos
Online access to the seminal dental journal Dental Cosmos, a Monthly Record of Dental Science from 1859 to 1936.
- From the Dental Archives
- Dental Articulators
- Articulator Archives University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston
- Dental Chairs
- Dental Filling Materials
- Dental Filling Materials in the Confederacy
Article by Richard A. Glenner, DDS & P. Willey, PhD from Journal of the History of Dentistry v.46 (2) July 1998 pp 71-75
- Dental Filling Materials in the Confederacy
- Dental Implants
- Emblem/Insignia
- Endodontics
- Ether
- The General Dentist
- How it Evolved: The General Dentist - Early 1960's
Article by Richard A. Gleanner, D.D.S. from the Journal of the History of Dentistry v. 48 (2) July 2000
- How it Evolved: The General Dentist - Early 1960's
- Images
- History of Dentistry images on Flickr
- Out of the Past of Dental History
Images of historical dental objects and explanation of their use
- Orthodontics
- Orthodontic History and What It Teaches
The Angle Orthodontist: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 85-97 - A Brief History of Braces
- Orthodontic History and What It Teaches
- Prosthetics
- Giuseppangelo Fonzi: Industrial Fabrication Promoter of Porcelain Prosthetics
by Bernard Kurdvk in the Journal of the History of Dentistry v. 47 (2) July 1999 pp 79-82
- Giuseppangelo Fonzi: Industrial Fabrication Promoter of Porcelain Prosthetics
- Toothbrush
- Toothbrush History
- Toothbrush History
- Dental Hygiene, an Ancient Practice - The History of the Toothbrush
- U.S. Army Dentistry
- Veterinary Dentistry
- Veterinary Dentistry: Its Origin and Recent History
by Kevin Easley in Journal of the History of Dentistry v. 47 (2) July 1999 pp 83-85
- Veterinary Dentistry: Its Origin and Recent History
- Women in Dentistry
Famous Dentists
Brief biographies of famous dentists or individuals associated with the dental profession.
International Hall of Fame of Dentistry
- Pierre Fauchard Academy
International Honor Dental Organization's Hall of Fame
Individuals
- Angle, Edward H
- Bass, Charles C.
- Black, Green Vardiman
- G.V. Black
- W.B. Dunning biography of Black From Journal of the Allied Dental Societies
- Dr. Greene Vardiman Black, Father of Modern Dentistry
- Boyd, Robert Fulton
- Burkhart, Harvey J
- Curtis, Thomas A.
- Fauchard, Pierre
- Who is Pierre Fauchard? A Remembrance by Monsieur Jean Claude de Vaux
- Harris, Chapin
- Hayden, Horace Henry
- Kells, Charles Edmund
- Latham, Vida A.
- Nelson, Ida Gray
- Parmly, Levi Spear
- Taylor, Lucy Beeman Hobbs
- Wells, Horace
- Horace Wells, D.D.S.: Rebel With a Cause (1815-1848) by A.J. Wright, M.L.S
- Wilkerson, Basil Manly
Dental Museums and Artifacts
- British Dental Association Museum
Site also includes a dental timeline - Edwin & Trudy Weaver Historical Dental Museum, Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA
- Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Study, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA
- Kottemann Gallery of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago (IL) College of Dentistry
- Pierre Fauchard Academy Dental Museum, Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
- Macaulay Museum of Dental History, Charleston, SC
- Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry of the Hartford Medical and the Hartford Dental Societies, Hartford, CT
- Oregon Health and Science University Library, History of Dentistry Collections, Portland, OR
- The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry
- School of Dental Medicine's Dental Museum, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry Museum of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry
- University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston Articulator Archives