"THE GRAND OLD MAN OF DENTISTRY" GREEN VARDIMAN BLACK, M.D., D.D.S., Sc.D., L.L.D. (1836-1915)

GREEN VARDIMAN BLACK, M.D., D.D.S., Sc.D., L.L.D. (1836-1915)

Born in Winchester, Illinois, U.S.A. His work influenced more than any other one individual the trend of dental education. In 1891 he became professor of operative dentistry and dental pathology, later Dean of Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. In all phases of Dentistry will be found the works of the hand and brain of the man who did more to standardize operative procedures that was done before or since. He standardized Cavity Preparation, Amalgam Manufacture, Cavity Nomenclature, and laid the foundation for standardization of Dental Terms. Thus he has rightfully been designated "The Grand Old Man of Dentistry"- The Dental Profession has bestowed upon him every honor.

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"Control of Purulent Gingivitis" by PIERRE FAUCHARD (1678-1761)

Pierre Fauchard was a native of Brittany. His notable work, "Le Chirurgien-Dentiste", published in Paris in 1728, became a classic in Dentistry. Fauchard became noted as the leading exponent of Dentistry of his time and numbered among his patients many of the crowned heads of Europe. His method of the treatment of Pyorrhea by surgical means has been but little improved upon up to this time. He became so noted in this respect that Pyorrhea was, and still is, known as "Fauchard's Disease."