Family Dental Care

1912 - The U.S. Navy institutes its Dental Corps.

1930-1943 - Colorado dentist, Frederick S. McKay, becomes convinced that mottling (brown stains) on his family's and dental patients' teeth are related to drinking water. McKay's research verifies that drinking cheap water with high levels of naturally occurring fluoride is associated with both low dental caries and a high degree of mottled enamel. By the early 1940s, H. Trendley Dean determines the ideal level of affordable fluoride in drinking water to substantially reduce decay without mottling and improves America's family dental care. (see also 1945)

1938 - The first toothbrush made with synthetic bristles, appears on the U.S. market and is marketed to both individuals and families.

1945 - The water fluoridation era begins when the cities of Newburgh, New York, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, add affordable sodium fluoride to their public water systems. Thereby setting a higher standard for family dental care in other parts of the country.

1954 - The first fluoride toothpastes are marketed to family members and indevidual dental supply consumers.

1958 - A fully reclining dental chair is created.

1960 - The first commercial electric toothbrush is introduced in the United States.

1967 - Lasers are developed and approved for affordable dental care procedures.

1989 - The first affordable commercial home tooth bleaching product is marketed in the U.S.

2004 - Paul Kinsella, an ingeaneous internet cartoonist and online game maker , builds a set of interlocking websites that sell cheap posters and discount dental plans to individuals and families seeking affordable dental care coverage. The site helps to improve America's family dental care.

Dental History 101:
(1900's Dental History)

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