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With Dr. S. T. Creighton, he began publishing the People's Dental Journal in January 1863, which ran for two years. [1] Allport helped to organize the Chicago Dental Association in 1864. In 1865, Allport was named president of the American Dental Convention and became a charter member of the Illinois State Dental Society.
Ida Gray (also known as Ida Gray Nelson and Ida Rollins; March 4, 1867 – May 3, 1953) was the first African-American woman to become a dentist in the United States. [1]At a very young age she became an orphan when her parents died.
The Chicago Dental Infirmary was the first dental school in Chicago. It only accepted students that already possessed Doctor of Medicine degrees, making it a post-doctorate school. Training consisted of two courses of lectures in dentistry. A year after opening, the school changed its name to the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. [1]
1909: Minnie Evangeline Jordon established the first dental practice in the United States devoted only to pediatric patients. [16] 1916: Gillette Hayden served as the first female president of the American Academy of Periodontology. [17] 1920: Maude Tanner became the first recorded female delegate to the American Dental Association. [18]
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Dittmar achieved a national reputation as a writer, teacher, speaker, and executive. He made the University of Illinois College of Dentistry a national force when he became the first president of the Illinois State Dental Society, and later became the president of the American Dental Association, organized American dentistry's highest post.