title: African-American dentists in the U.S. Army: the origins.
abstract: The majority of the dentists mentioned in this work are unknown both to dental and military historians. However, the contributions of Dr. William T. Jefferson, the first African-American dentist to treat U.S. Army soldiers in Cuba, Dr. William A. Birch, the first black hospital steward/dentist to serve unofficially (as a dentist) overseas in the Philippine campaign, and the dental veterans of 1917-1918, deserve recognition. They were among the early pioneers in the U.S. Army's dental history.
authors: National Museum of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Hyson
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000266:history*; D003815:Dentists / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States