title: Controversies in the history of dentistry.
abstract: Controversy appears to be inescapable in the retelling of history. Three examples from dentistry are no exception: who invented anesthesia, why was the first U.S. dental school separate from a medical school, and what is the difference between the DDS and the DMD degrees?
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000266:history; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate / Q000266:history; D006663:Historiography; D006665:History of Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000266:history