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Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) [1] was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". [2] He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ( "The Surgeon Dentist" ), published in 1728. [ 2 ]
The Pierre Fauchard Academy maintains a "Hall of Fame of Dentistry", in which the principal researcher in the field of dentistry are included. In addition, it gives annual awards, including the Fauchard Gold Medal Award, the Elmer S. Best Memorial Award, the Presidential Award of Excellence, Awards of merit and honorary memberships. [4]
Elmer S. Best Memorial Award is an annual award named in memory of the founder of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. It was established by the Board of Trustees in 1962. Recipients of the award must be members of the dental profession and from outside the United States. 1963 – N. N. Bery ; 1964 – Jens Waerhaug
The Musée d'Art Dentaire Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ dɑ̃tɛʁ pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]) is a museum of dental history located in the 16th arrondissement at the Académie Nationale de Chirurgie Dentaire, 22 Rue Émile Ménier, Paris, France. It is open Wednesday afternoons by appointment.
The Guys Choice (formerly known as Spike Guys Choice Awards) was an awards show produced [1] by the Viacom cable channel Spike from 2007 to 2016. The winners were originally chosen based on voting by the channel's fans and viewers until 2015, when the show started presenting the honorees.
Pierre Fauchard – wrote the first complete scientific description of dentistry; Polonia Sanz y Ferrer - the first female dentist in Spain; Rabab Fetieh – first Saudi female orthodontist; Charles Finnigan (1901–1967) – Surgeon Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy who was Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen from 1955 to 1960
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
The Celebration of Cinema and Television is an awards ceremony presented annually by the American–Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA). The first ceremony was named Celebration of Black Cinema and Television to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement by African Americans directors, producers, actors and musicians.