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1940: Dentistry
The year 1940 marked the centenary of American dentistry as an organized profession. It was in the winter of 1839-40 that the first dental college in America, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, was established, the American Society of Dental Surgeons, the first dental society in America, was...
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