List of dentists
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[[Image:Johann Liss 002.jpg|thumb|''Farmer at the dentist'', [[Johann Liss]], c. 1616-17.]]
'''List of dentists''' is a list of dentists who have gained some small role in history. As [[Dental phobia]] is a part of the culture this list is to note the actual stories of dentists. Also to give a sense of the history of those in the field.
==Real-life dentists==
*[[Harold Albrecht]]-[[Conservative Party of Canada]] politician.
*[http://www.schustercenter.com Michael Schuster] - Leader in Dental Practice Management
*[[Bill Allen (dentist)|Bill Allen]], former president of the [[British Dental Association]].
*[[Edward Angle]]- Father of Orthodontics
*[[Steve Arlin]]- Dentist after playing [[Major League Baseball]].
*[[Gunadasa Amarasekara]]-Sinhala language writer.
*[[Franz Bäke]]-Nazi [[Panzer]] ace.
*[[Henryka Bartnicka-Tajchert]]- Member of the [[Szare Szeregi|Anti-Nazi Polish resistance]] who became a dentist.
*[[Charles Spence Bate]]-An authority on [[crustacea]], five species are named for him.
*[[William George Beers]]-Established the [[Montreal Lacrosse Club]] and the ''Canada Journal of Dental Science.''
*[[Samuel Bemis]]-Photography pioneer who became an eccentric recluse.
*[[Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow]] - Former head of the dentistry center of the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry under [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], currently acting President of [[Turkmenistan]].
*[[Paul Beresford]]-[[Conservative Party (UK)]] politician.
*[[Greene Vardiman Black]]-He invented a foot-driven dental drill and is classed as a father of modern dentistry.
*[[Robert Blake (dentist)|Robert Blake]]-He wrote, ''An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals.''
*[[Jan Boubli]]-French professional [[poker]] player and retired dentist.
*[[Allan G. Brodie]]-American dentist who established the Prize Essay Award to promote research.
*[[Edgar Buchanan]]-Primarily known for his later career as an actor in shows like [[Petticoat Junction]].
*[[Martin van Butchell]]-Eccentric who put his wife head on display at his home/practice after her death.
*[[Georg Carabelli]]-Court dentist to the Austrian Emperor who founded a clinic in the [[University of Vienna]].
*[[Gerald Cardinale]]-[[Republican Party (United States)]] politician with a dental office in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]].
*[[James Carlisle]]-[[Governor-General]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]] and member of the British Dental Association.
*[[Chen Hsing-yu]]-Daughter of [[Chen Shui-bian]].
*[[Steve Christian]]-One of the [[Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004|Pitcairn island sex abusers]] who did dentistry and was Mayor.
*[[Dipak Chudasama]]-Cricketer called "The Doc" because he's a qualified dentist.
*[[Antoni Cieszyński]]-Polish head of a [[Stomatology]] Institute who was killed in the [[Massacre of Lwów professors]]
*[[Barney Clark]]-First recipient of the [[Artificial heart|Jarvik 7]] artificial heart.
*[[Henry D. Cogswell]]-Designed a method of securing dental plates, and in the [[Temperance movement]].
*[[Frederick J. Conboy]]-A secretary of the [[Ontario Dental Association]] and later mayor of Toronto.
*[[Dan Crane]]-American Dentist/politician. Republican Party.
*[[Miles Henry Davis]]-Ran for a seat on the State Legislature, [[NAACP]] member, and father to [[Miles Davis]].
*[[T Bob Davis]]-Pianist and dentist.
*[[Bessie Delany]]-Of some note as the second black woman to be granted a dentistry license in New York state.
*[[Bill Dickerson]]-Founder of the [[Las Vegas Institute]] for Advanced Dental Studies.
*[[G. Walter Dittmar]]-A former president of the [[American Dental Association]].
*[[Bill Emmerson]]-[[California State Assembly]] member who had a 22 year ptactice.
*[[Sheila Faith]]-British politician of the Conservative party.
*[[Pierre Fauchard]]-He wrote the first complete scientific description of dentistry.
*[[Rabab Fetieh]]-First Saudi female orthodontist.
*[[Lost Boys of Polygamy|Dan Fischer]]-Created "Ultradent", but more known for having been a [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] "lost boy."[http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595081003,00.html]
*[[Alfred Fones]] (1869-1938), came up with the name "dental hygienist" and founded that profession
*[[Sten Forshufvud]]-Swedish dentist who drew on his professional knowledge when theorizing about the poisoning of Napoleon.
*[[Samir Ghawshah]]-Leader of the [[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]].
*[[John Goodsir]]-Wrote a noted essay on teeth.
*[[John "Dok" Hager]]-Cartoonist whose nickname came from his days as a dentist.
*[[Jim Harrell, Jr.]], past chairman of the American Dental Association Council on Governmental Affairs. Also a [[Democratic Party (United States)]] politician.
*[[Chapin A. Harris]]-Founded the first dental school in the US, or possibly anywhere.
*[[Doc Holliday]]-Dentist and [[American Folklore]] icon, [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] participant
*[[Les Horvath]]-Winner of [[Heisman Trophy]] who became a dentist.
*[[Edward Hudson]]-Eminent dentist when the field was new, he is also noted for making fake "ruins."
*[[Lester C. Hunt]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)]] politician who served in the Dental Corps in [[World War I]].(Committed suicide)
*[[Erhard Keller]]-[[Speed skating|Speed skater]] at the [[Winter Olympic Games]] and professional dentist for over thirty years.
*[[Michael Krop]]-[[Democratic Party (United States)]] politician with a school named for him.
*[[Peter Kunter]]- Football player for [[Eintracht Frankfurt]].
*[[Donald Leake]]-Dentist and inventor of the alloplastic tray. Also an oboist.
*[[Charles Goodall Lee]]-He helped fund the founding of the [[Chinese American Citizens Alliance]].
*[[Jim Lonborg]]-In the [[Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame]], he is now a dentist.
*[[Mahlon Loomis]]-Known for a wireless telegraph patent.
*[[Jiko Luveni]]-Fijian dentist who works on combatting AIDS.
*[[Edward Maynard]] - He worked on [[United States Congress]]men and in 1888 he held the chair of Dental Theory and Practice at the National university in Washington. (Better known for firearms inventions)
*[[Stanley McInnis]]-Canadian who moved a motion at a meeting of the [[Canadian Dental Association]] to adopt a code of ethics, also a politician.
*[[Markus Merk]]-[[FIFA]] referee from Germany.
*[[Ramón Mestre]]-Former Governor of Córdoba.
*[[Frederick B. Morrehead]]-Helped save the [[University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry]].
*Dr. [[Geraldine Morrow]]-First woman president of the American Dental Association.
*[[Jack Miller (driver)|Jack Miller]]-The "racing dentist" who was in the [[Indianapolis 500]].
*[[Richard Müller (murderer)]]-German dentist and murderer.
*[[John Newbrough]]-Of [[Oahspe]].
*[[Charlie Norwood]] served in the Dental Corps and was a member of the [[United States Congress]].
*[[Frederick Bogue Noyes]]-He organized the first course on dental pathology in the United States.
*[[Giovanni Battista Orsenigo]]-Monk/dentist
*[[Rodrigues Ottolengui]]-[[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] dental pioneer who was one of the first to use X-rays.(Also wrote mystery novels)
*[[Ron Packard]]-Navy Dental Corps and a private practice, he was later on the [[U.S. House Committee on Appropriations]].
*[[Painless Parker]]-Dentist and huckster.
*[[Rudy Perpich]]-American dentist/politician of the [[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]].
*[[Fritz Pfeffer]]-Dentist who hid with [[Anne Frank]].
*[[Dwight W. Rastetter]] Prominent dentist and creator of the Rastetter technique.
*[[Paul Rentsch]]-Dentist in the Nazi resistance movement.
*[[Harry Sagansky]]-Gangster trained in dentistry who had a practice.
*[[Ben L. Salomon]]-American military dentist and World War II Medal of Honor recipient.
*[[Hugo Sánchez]]-Mexican [[Association football|football]] player
*[[John Smith (dentist)]]-the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry.
*[[Mark Spitz]]-Olympic swimmer (was actually accepted to dental school, but competed in the Olympics instead)
*[[Charles Stent]]-Dentist who advanced [[Dentures]] making.
*[[Jon Sudbø]]-Norwegian dentist linked to a case of scientific misconduct.
*[[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]]-The first female in the United States with a doctorate in dentistry.
*[[José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira]]-Brazilian politician.
*[[Mohamed Khir bin Toyo]] - Malaysian politician
*[[Charles Murray Turpin]]-Republican politician in the [[United States House of Representatives]]..
*[[Thomas Bramwell Welch]]-Founder of [[Welch's]].
*[[Nick Waage]]-student of Dr. Sassafras Mango, pioneer in pediatric dentistry.
*[[Horace Wells]]-Pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, later committed suicide.
==Fictional dentists==
*[[Bernard (Lost)|Bernard]] from the TV series ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.
*'''Matthew Brock''' from [[NewsRadio]]. (Although he gave it up to work in radio and is only seen practicing in one episode)
*[[Dr. Tariq Faraj]]-From [[Oz (TV series)]].
*Bob Fish, a title character in [[Bob and Margaret]].
*[[Ben Harper (My Family)|Ben Harper]] from [[British sitcom]] ''[[My Family]]''.
*Oz from [[The Whole Nine Yards (film)|The Whole Nine Yards]] and [[The Whole Ten Yards]].
*John Patterson in [[For Better or For Worse]].
*Dr. Frank Sangster in [[Novocaine (film)]].
*Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. ([[Steve Martin]]) - [[Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)]]
*Christian Szell from [[William Goldman]]'s [[Marathon Man]], later a movie by [[John Schlesinger]]
*Capt. [[Walter Koskiusko Waldowski]], "Painless Pole" in [[MASH (film)|MASH]]
*[[List of Seinfeld minor characters#timwhatley|Tim Whatley]], from the [[NBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Seinfeld]]'', alleged to be an insincere convert to [[Judaism]].
*Dr. Wolfe from [[The Simpsons]]
*Isaac Yankem, DDS, professional wrestler portrayed by [[Glen Jacobs]] in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWF]] (now known as Kane)
*[[Orson Hodge]] from [[Desperate Housewives]]
*Sheldon Kornpett ([[Alan Arkin]]), Manhattan dentist in the 1979 comedy film ''[[The In-Laws (1979 film)|The In-Laws]]''
*The [[W.C. Fields]] character in the 1932 short film ''[[The Dentist (1932 film)|The Dentist]]''
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