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. Download high resolution version (1000x1365, 146 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1000x1365, 146 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A game of mora, c. ... Dental phobia is a fear, or phobia, traditionally defined as an irrational and exaggerated fear of dentists and dental procedures. ...

Real-life dentists

• Bill Allen, former president of the British Dental Association.
• Gunadasa Amarasekara-Sinhala language writer.
• Henryka Bartnicka-Tajchert-Member of the Anti-Nazi Polish resistance who became a dentist.
• Charles Spence Bate-An authority on crustacea, five species are named for him.
• Samuel Bemis-Photography pioneer who became an eccentric recluse.
• Dr Robert Blake-He wrote, An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals.
• Martin van Butchell-Eccentric who put his wife head on display at his home/practice after her death.
• Gerald Cardinale-Republican Party (United States) politician with a dental office in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
• 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 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.
• Bessie Delany-Of some note as the second black woman to be granted a dentistry license in New York state.
• Dr. Bill Dickerson-Founder of the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies.
• Sheila Faith-British politician of the Conservative party.
• Pierre Fauchard-He wrote the first complete scientific description of dentistry.
• Sten Forshufvud-Swedish dentist who drew on his professional knowledge when theorizing about the poisoning of Napoleon.
• 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)
• Donald Leake-Dentist and inventor of the alloplastic tray. Also an oboist.
• Jim Lonborg-In the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, he is now a dentist.
• Jiko Luveni-Fijian dentist who works on combatting AIDS.
• Edward Maynard - He worked on United States Congressmen 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.
• Dr. Geraldine Morrow-First woman president of the American Dental Association.
• Richard Müller (murderer)-German dentist and murderer.
• John Newbrough-Of Oahspe.
• Giovanni Battista Orsenigo-Monk/dentist
• Rodrigues Ottolengui-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.
• Paul Rentsch-Dentist in the Nazi resistance movement.
• John Smith (dentist)-the founder of the Edinburgh school of dentistry.
• Charles Stent-Dentist who advanced Dentures making.
• José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira-Brazilian politician.
• Horace Wells-Pioneered the use of anesthesia in dentistry, later committed suicide.

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Fictional dentists

• Bob Fish, a title character in Bob and Margaret.
• Capt. Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, "Painless Pole" in MASH
• Oz from The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards.
• John Patterson in For Better or For Worse.
• Dr. Frank Sangster in Novocaine (film).
• Christian Szell from William Goldman's Marathon Man, later a movie by John Schlesinger
• Tim Whatley from Seinfeld, unsincere convert to Judaism
• Dr. Wolfe from The Simpsons