1909 GUERINI, Vincenzo (1859 – 1955)
A history of dentistry from the most ancient times until the end of the eighteenth century.
GMN 3695 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5752
1909 –1910 KOCH, Charles Rudolph Edward (1844 – 1916)
History of dental surgery. Contributions by various authors. Edited by Charles R.E. Koch. 3 vols.
GMN 6870 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9034
1910 THORPE, Burton Lee (1871 – 1923)
Biographies of pioneer American dentists and their successors. Edited by Charles R. E. Koch.
Forms Vol. 3 of History of Dental Surgery, edited by Charles R. E. Koch. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 6869 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9033
1913 –1926 PROSKAUER, Curt (1887 – 1972)
Kulturgeschichte der Zahnheilkunde. 4 vols. Edited by Curt Proskauer.
Vol. 4: Iconographia odontologia. Mit 186 abbildungen, by Curt Proskauer.
GMN 3696 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5755
1913 GREENFIELD, E. J.
Implantation of artificial crown and bridge abutments.
The Greenfield implant system, also known as the Greenfield crib or basket, was one of earliest sucessful dental implants. It consisted of an irioplatinum implant attached to a gold crown. The implant lasted for a num…
GMN 6871 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9035
1913 WINTER, George Ben Wade (1878 – 1940)
Exodontia: A practical treatise on the technic of extraction of teeth with a chapter on anesthesia. A complete guide for the exodontist, general dental practitioner, and dental student.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12905 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15152
1914 BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO.
The dental art in ancient times: Lecture memoranda. American medical Association, Atlantic City, 1914.
A very well illustrated serious pocket guide (214pp.) to elements of the history of dentistry including equipment through the ages and marketing information for equipment then available to dentists. Digital facsimile …
GMN 13070 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15322
1915 BLACK, Greene Vardiman (1836 – 1915)
A work on special dental pathology devoted to the diseases and treatment of the investing tissues of the teeth and the dental pulp.
GMN 12906 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15153
1915 BRUCK, Walther
Das Martyrium der heiligen Apollonia und seine Darstellung in der bildenden Kunst.
Illustrates with 100 plates various early depictions of the martyrdom of St. Apollonia, patron saint of dentistry. Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria, Egypt during a local …
GMN 13031 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15281
1917 THOMA, Kurt Hermann (1883 – 1972)
Oral roentgenology.
GMN 3690 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5716
1919 MUMMERY, John Howard (1847 – 1926)
The microscopic anatomy of the teeth.
Digital facsimile of the 1919 edition from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link. Mummery substantially expanded and retitled the second edition of this work as The microscopic & general anatomy of the teeth huma…
GMN 12507 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14741
1921 ROSENOW, Edward Carl (1875 – 1966)
Results of experimental studies on focal infection and elective localization.
Rosenow showed that focal infection could by caused by bacteria in teeth, etc.
GMN 2573 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3696
1921 SUDHOFF, Karl Friedrich Jakob (1853 – 1938)
Geschichte der Zahnheilkunde
Second edition, 1926 (reprinted 1964).
GMN 3697 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5756
1921 –1969 BLACK, Arthur Davenport (1870 – 1937)
Index of the periodical dental literature in the English language.
Retrospective from 1839; discontinued in 1969. Later known as Index to dental literature. Digital facsimile of the early volumes from the Hathi Trust at this link. Black spearheaded the project and supervised the comp…
GMN 3698 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5761
1921 GOTTLIEB, Bernhard (1886 – 1950); FLEISCHMANN, L.
A contribution to the histology and pathogenesis of pyorrhea alveolaris.
Gottlieb was "the major periodontal investigator of the early 20th century. He extended the histopathologic studies of Znamensky.... His major contributions were in the nature of the epithelial attachment to the tooth…
GMN 12620 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14860
1921 CLAUDIUS ASH, SONS & CO., LTD.
A century of dental art. A centenary memoir 1820-1921.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 12923 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15170
1922 FLEMING, Sir Alexander (1881 – 1955)
On a remarkable bacteriolytic element found in secretions and tissues.
Lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme that is a component of secretions such as tears and saliva. Digital facsimile from royalsocietypublishing.org at this link
GMN 1910.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2667
1922 STILLMAN, Paul Roscoe (1871 – 1945); MCCALL, John Oppie (1879 – 1978)
A textbook of clinical periodontia. A study of the causes and pathology of periodontal disease and a consideration of Its treatment.
“The first authoritative book in the field” (Ring). Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 3690.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5721
1922 –1925 MCINTOSH, James (1882 – 1948); JAMES, W. Warwick (1874 – 1965); LAZARUS-BARLOW, Percy (1895 – 1967)
An investigation into the aetiology of dental caries. I: The nature of the destructive agent and the production of artificial caries. II" The biological characteristics and distribution of B. acidolphilus odontolyticus. III: Further experiments on the production of artificial caries. IV: Accessory factors in dental caries. (1) Reaction of the saliva (2) Acid resistance of teeth.(3) Bacteriotropic action of saliva.
Isolation of Lactobacillus odontolyticus I and II from carious teeth. Digital facsimile of part 1 from PubMedCentral at this link. Digital facsimile of part 4 from PubMedCentral at this link.
GMN 3691 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5725
1922 GREGORY, William King (1897 – 1970)
The origin and evolution of the human dentition.
Reprinted with revisions and new index from J. dent. Res., 1920, 2, 89-175, 215-426, 604-717; 1921, 3, 87-228.
GMN 3691.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5728
1922 WEBER, Andrés G.
Bibliographiae stomatologicae.
An extensively annotated historical bibliography of dental bibliographies. Also published in Arthur D. Black, ed., Index of the periodical dental literature.... for 1916-1920 (Chicago, 1922) pp. xiv-liii. Digital facs…
GMN 12506 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14740
1922 RODRÍQUEZ VARGAS, Fernando E. (1888 – 1932)
Studies in the specific study of the bacteriology of dental cavities.
Rodríguez discovered that three types of the Lactobacillus species of bacteria, during the process of fermentation, are the causes of cavities. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 12656 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14900
1925 RAPER, Howard Riley (1887 – 1978)
A new kind of x-ray examination for preventive dentistry.
Original description of technique of making “bite-wing” radiographs.
GMN 3692 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5731
1925 JORDON, Minne Evangeline (1865 – 1952)
Operative dentistry for children: A text book dealing with prophylactic and curative treatment of the teeth of the child, based upon experience gained during more than twenty-five years devoted to the care of children exclusively.
The first book in English exclusively on pedodontics. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 12908 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15155
1925 ZÜRCHER, Ernst; HESS, Walter (1885 – 1980)
The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the permanent dentition. By Walter Hess. [with] The anatomy of the root-canals of the teeth of the deciduous dentition and of the first permanent molars
GMN 12935 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15182
1926 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
Orthodontics; an historical review of its origin and evolution, including an extensive bibliography of orthodontic literature up to the time of specialization. 2 vols.
GMN 3699 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5764
1926 MCCAW, Emma J.
The dental assistant.
The first textbook for dental assistants.
GMN 12907 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15154
1928 KANNER, Leo (1894 – 1981)
Folklore of the teeth.
GMN 10639 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12832
1928 KENNEDY, Edward
Partial denture construction: A text book describing the technics of impression taking and the construction of that type of removable partial dentures which are supported and retained by external attachments.
First book form exposition of the Kennedy Classification for partially edentulous arches or partial removable dentures. The Kennedy Classification system was originally introduced by Dr. Edward Kennedy in New York in …
GMN 12909 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15156
1929 –1932 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
Dental bibliography. 2 vols.,
Catalogue, without annotations, of the dental collections of the New York Academy of Medicine.
GMN 3699.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5780
1931 WALKHOFF, Friedrich Otto (1860 – 1934)
Das Problem der dentalen Fokalinfektion und ihre Bekämpfung durch die konservierende Zahnheilkunde.
With physicist Fritz Giesel, Walkhoff on December 28, 1895 Walkhoff did the first dental radiograph on his own teeth. Later, Walkhoff was "responsible for the shift to an everyday use of camphorated chlorophenol to st…
GMN 12985 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15233
1933 PIA, Pascal (1903 – 1979)
Bouquet poëtique des médecins, chirurgiens, dentistes et apothicaires.
GMN 6621 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7678
1933 KOWARSKI, M. O.
Die Zahnheilkunde in Russland im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert.
GMN 12910 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15157
1934 BLACK, Arthur Davenport (1870 – 1937)
Exhibit for dentistry at a Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-1934: A portrayal of problems of dental health and the prevention of dental disease with which is interwoven something of the development of the profession and the history of dental practice. Booklet prepared by Arthur D. Black. Exhibit operated under auspices of American Dental Association [and] Chicago Dental Society, by the Chicago Centennial Dental Congress, Chicago.
Illustrated 64-page brochure recording in detail an exhibition that was seen supposedly by 8,000,000 people. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12509 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14743
1935 POLETTI, Giovanni Battista (1890 – )
De re dentaria apud veteres, sive repertorium bibliographicum.
An annotated bibliography in Italian of dental books printed before 1800, and of books on general medicine with significant contributions to dentistry.
GMN 3699.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5782
1935 STRÖMGREN, Hedvig Lidforss (1877 – 1967)
Die Zahnheilkunde im achtzehnten Jahrhundert.
GMN 3700 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5785
1936 –1949 LAIGNEL-LAVASTINE, Paul-Marie Maxime (1875 – 1953)
Histoire générale de la médecine, de la pharmacie, de l’art dentaire et de l’art véterinaire. 3 vols.
This splendidly produced work, beautifully illustrated, was written by experts in each branch of the subject, with Laignel-Lavastine as general editor.
GMN 6430 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8421
1938 GOTTLIEB, Bernhard (1886 – 1950); ORBÁN, Bálint Joseph (1899 – 1960)
Biology and pathology of the tooth and its supporting mechanism
GMN 12621 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14861
1938 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
Early dental literature.
A narrative analysis of dental literature up to about 1850, with bibliographical listings of the earliest classics from various countries. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.
GMN 12929 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15176
1939 PRICE, Weston Andrew Valleau (1870 – 1948)
Nutrition and physical degeneration: A comparison of primitive and modern diets and their effects.
"The 1939 foreword to the book, written by physical anthropologist Earnest A. Hooton, lauded Price's work for confirming previous research that dental caries were less prevalent in "savages" and attempting to establis…
GMN 10688 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12881
1940 GROSSMAN, Louis Irwin (1901 – 1988)
Root canal therapy.
GMN 12933 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15180
1944 KEANE, Harry C.
A century of service to dentistry 1844 -1944. Published by S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co. in commemoration of its one hundredth anniversary. Edited by Harry C. Keane.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 12606 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14846
1945 STRÖMGREN, Hedvig Lidforss (1877 – 1967)
Die Zahnheilkunde im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.
GMN 3701 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5787
1948 LUFKIN, Arthur Ward (1889 – 1959)
A history of dentistry. 2nd edition.
GMN 3702 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5790
1948 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
An introduction to the history of dentistry. 2 vols.
The first volume covers the history to 1800; the second deals solely with the history of dentistry in America.
GMN 3703 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5792
1949 CAMPBELL, John Menzies (1887 – 1974)
A dental bibliography: British and American, 1692-1880.
GMN 3704 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5795
1950 DEAN, Henry Trendley (1893 – 1962); ET AL
Studies on mass control of dental caries through fluoridation of the public water supply.
It has not been conclusively demonstrated whether fluoride serves a specific physiological role, but fluoridation of public water supplies was followed by a reduction in the incidence of dental caries. One of the firs…
GMN 3692.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5735
1951 FASTLICHT, Samuel; ROMERO, Javier
El arte de las mutilaciones dentarias.
GMN 8479 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10656
1952 COLYER, Sir Frank James (1866 – 1954)
Old instruments used for extracting teeth.
GMN 3705 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5798
1952 WEINBERGER, Bernhard Wolf (1885 – 1960)
The superb library of Bernhard W. Weinberger, D.D.S., on the history and folklore of dentistry. With a preface by Curt Proskaur.
GMN 13441 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15713
