List of dentists explained
This is a list of dentists who have gained a degree of notability, particularly with regard to the history of those in the field.
Real-life dentists
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- Mahesh Verma – Indian prosthodontist and the Director and Principal of Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
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Fictional dentists
- The aforementioned Britt Baker is routinely introduced in All Elite Wrestling as "Dr. Britt Baker, DMD", reflecting her real-life dental practice.
- Jeremy Hillary Boob (voiced by Dick Emery) – from Yellow Submarine.
- Matthew Brock – from NewsRadio. (Although he gave it up to work in radio and is only seen practicing in one episode)
- Dr. Carey – from Stuart Little
- Dr. Dillingham – from Prostho Plus.
- Walt Duncan – head of the household at the centre of comic strip Zits.
- Dr. Tariq Faraj – from Oz.
- Dr. Phoebus Farb – from The Little Shop of Horrors
- Dr. Barry Farber – Rachel's fiancé whom she left at the altar from Friends.
- The unnamed W.C. Fields character in the 1932 short film The Dentist.
- Bob Fish – a title character in Bob and Margaret.
- Wendell and Monica Wilkins: originally only named as Mr. and Mrs. Granger, parents of Hermione Granger – from the Harry Potter novels.
- Julia Harris – from the film Horrible Bosses.
- Ben Harper – from British sitcom My Family.
- Brock Hart – from the TV series Reba.
- Hermey the Elf – became a dentist in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys, prior was an elf.
- Jesse W. Heywood (Don Knotts) – from the 1968 comedy film The Shakiest Gun in the West, a remake of Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948).
- Orson Hodge – from Desperate Housewives.
- Carl Howell (John Stamos) – from the TV series Glee.
- Jin Shun-an (Yu Jin) - from the TV series
- Nonoko Kishii – from The Dragon Dentist.
- Sheldon Kornpett (Alan Arkin) – Manhattan dentist in the 1979 comedy film The In-Laws.
- Capt. Walter Koskiusko Waldowski, "Painless Pole" – in MASH.
- Dr. Molar Fox, resident dentist of Lake Hoohaw in the Playhouse Disney show PB&J Otter.
- Bernard Nadler – from the TV series Lost.
- Zen'nosuke Maki – from the TV series Manpuku.
- Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky – from The Whole Nine Yards and The Whole Ten Yards.
- John Patterson – in For Better or For Worse.
- Peter "Painless" Potter (Bob Hope) – from the 1948 comedy film The Paleface. Bumbling dentist who was fooled into believing that he was a deadly gunfighter.
- Lincoln Rice DDS – from Broad City.
- Jerry Robinson – orthodontist who shared the office suite on the Bob Newhart Show
- Miss Root – dentist in the book Demon Dentist by David Walliams
- Dr. Frank Sangster – in Novocaine.
- Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. – Little Shop of Horrors, played by Steve Martin in the film adaptation
- Gen. Tarsal – from Adventure Time episode “Dentist”
- Dr. Teeth – of The Muppets, revealed to be Gerald Teeth Jr DDS in The Muppets Mayhem
- Tina Teeth – Dr Teeth's mother in The Muppets Mayhem
- Dr. Charley Shanowski (Ted McGinley) – from Hope & Faith
- Eugene Sutphin (Sam Waterston) – from Serial Mom.
- Christian Szell – from William Goldman's Marathon Man, later a movie by John Schlesinger
- Noah Werner (Alan Tudyk) – Suburgatory (TV series)
- Tim Whatley (Bryan Cranston) and Mr. Abbot (Robert Wagner) – from the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, Whatley alleged to be an insincere convert to Judaism.
- Julian Winston – adulterer in the play ) and its film adaptation
- Dr. Wolfe – from The Simpsons
- Isaac Yankem, DDS – professional wrestler portrayed by Glenn Jacobs, now known as Kane, in the WWF
Other
Notes and References
- http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2b5e6bf0-39d0-4d35-bcaa-dacd1834246d&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliamentarian File
- http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v190/n9/full/4801005a.html British Dental Journal at Nature
- http://www.infolanka.com/org/srilanka/people/57.htm Infolanka
- Web site: Off the Top Rope: Britt Baker on Injuries, a House Divided and Kenny Omega . Jonathan . Snowden . Bleacher Report . October 17, 2019 . October 21, 2019.
- http://www.e-lacrosse.com/laxhist5.htm Lacrosse website
- http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/home/?action=ACT_SING_PH&p1=Samuel__Bemis&p2=ABCDEFGHIJKLN Luminous Lint
- Web site: And finally ... how the march of a lone cockroach put 30 people out of work . 2008-02-22 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607022614/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/22/television . 2023-06-07 . live .
- http://www.londonbodytalk.com/ World Poker Tour Profile
- 10726564 . 47 . 3 . Martin Van Butchell (1735–1814): the eccentric, "kook" dentist of old London . November 1999 . J Hist Dent . 99–104 . Christen . AG . Christen . JA.
- http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=4165 Project Vote Smart Profile
- http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1550/story1.html Interview at Adventist Review
- http://www.nationalflagday.com/bjc.asp National Flag Day site
- Web site: Cogswell Polytechnical College . 2008-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070609130631/http://www.cogswell.edu/historicalOverview.html . 2007-06-09 . dead .
- http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000871 Biographical Directory of the US Congress
- http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/annie_delany.html Columbia University Profile of Delany
- http://www.fauchard.org/publications/remembrance.htm French Library of Medicine
- 11638802. 1997. Bagur. D. B. The dental assistant in Argentina. Revista del Museo de la Facultad de Odontologia de Buenos Aires. 12. 25. 17–25.
- Web site: Harvard Medical Profiles . 2008-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213112643/https://www.countway.harvard.edu/chm/rarebooks/exhibits/gilt/gilt4.html . 2012-02-13 . dead .
- News: Weaver. Darlene. Hitlers were county pioneers. 8 May 2014. Circleville Herald. Sep 11, 2011.
- http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/07/13/dr-robert-lee-passes-on/ Ghana Business news
- Web site: GReeeeNのSOHが歯科医師国家試験合格! メンバー全員が歯科医に . Oricon . Japanese . 2010-03-30 . 2010-03-31.