INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
DENTISTRY (IUSD) TIMELINE *
1950 - 1959
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1950 |
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A new program for
training dental hygienists is established under
direction of Miss A. Rebekah Fisk.
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1951 |
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Dr. Joseph C. Muhler (1948 alum) and Dr. Harry G. Day report results of research
on stannous fluoride as a tooth decay preventive.
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1952 |
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Members of the first class of the IUSD Dental Hygiene program
graduate.
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1954 |
Television is first used as a teaching tool at IUSD.
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| 1955 |
In 1951 Dr. Joseph C. Muhler (1948
IUSD alum),
along with Dr. Harry G. Day and William Nebergall reported results of research
on stannous fluoride as a tooth decay preventive. This research leads to the development and introduction of Crest®
Toothpaste.
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| 1958 |
The Indiana Dental Association celebrates its 100th birthday.***
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A chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha, the dental hygienist honorary society, is formed
at IUSD.
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A federal grant is obtained for training in Dental Auxiliary Utilization
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Faculty member William Shafer serves as senior author on the first
edition of A Textbook of Oral Pathology.
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| 1959 |
Division of Allied Health Sciences is created by the Board of Trustees of
Indiana University.(This leads to a B.S. degree program in Public Health Dental Hygiene).
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The new Basic Science Building serves freshmen students in medicine and dentistry in Indianapolis.
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IUSD is one of six dental schools that successfully compete for a federal
grant to employ 15 chairside assistants - and Dental
Auxiliary Utilization Program begins.
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*
Source: Indiana
University School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin, v. 10 no. 4, Spring 1996
**
Source: The History of the Oral Health Research Institute,
Kay Rossok, LDH © 2000
***Source: Indiana University School of Dentistry Alumni Bulletin, v. 14
no. 1, 2000
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