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• Pre-Spanish Era

  Before 900-1521
• Barber Dentist

  The early Filipino to act as "dental practitioners" and "curers of toothaches" were barbers
• Queer methods" of pulling out teeth

  Use of fingers and nail pliers
• Tooth Pullers

  Dentistry was not recognized as a profession
• Sacamuelas or Tooth pullers

  Any person of the time period who were skillful in pulling teeth
• José "Capitan Cheng - Cheng" Arevalo

  First true dentist and the first filipino dentist
• Monsiuer M. Fertri

  About the year of 1858
• Monsiuer M. Fertri

  A french dentist from Hong Kong, came to Manila and set up a dental office in Quiapo
• Monsier M. Fertri

  A dentist from France who became Arevalo's partner during his dental practice.
• University of Santo Tomas offered a special course with a basic curriculum to train cirujano ministrantes and was later changed to cirujano dentistas.
• cirujano ministrantes  -  cirujano dentistas.

  This curriculum, although a very crude one, marked a milestone of great significance in the development of dentistry as a profession.

   
• American Era

  1898 to 1946
• AMERICAN-ERA BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS

  Examinations and licensing of dentists were introduced.
• Major General Elwell Otis - Instructed the US Provost Marshal General to assess the skills of the dentists who already practicing their craft in the Philippines
• August 2, 1899 - Board of Dental Examiners was established.
• Act No. 593 (The Act of Regulating the Practice of Dentistry in the Philippine Islands)

  considered to be the second step towards the maturation of dentistry in the Philippines into a profession. 
• Members of the Board of Dental Examiners were appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health
• January 10, 1903 - provided for the organization of the Board of Dental Examiners
• Filipino dentists who graduated in schools of dentistry in the United States:

   

  Dr. Gregorio R. Mateo

  Dr. Francisco Ponce

  Dr. Placido Flores

  Dr. Joaquin A. Lada
• Sociedad Dental de Filipinas

  - An organization of dentists in the Philippines founded in February 1908.
• Colegio Dental del Liceo de Manila

  - The first dental school established under the leadership of Gregorio R. Mateo, Antonio Oliveros, crispulo Layoc, and others. 
• Colegio Dental del Liceo de Manila

  - Later renamed the Philippine Dental College
• Odontologia Filipina

  - The official organ of the society of the Sociedad Dental del Filipinas.
• Filipino dentists who graduated in schools of dentistry in the United States:

   

  Dr. Gregorio R. Mateo

  Dr. Francisco Ponce

  Dr. Placido Flores

  Dr. Joaquin A. Lada

   
• Sociedad Dental de Filipinas

  Initiated the establishment of dental schools in the Philippines
• February 5, 1915 - Act No. 2462

  - Regulates the examination and practice of dentistry in the Philippine.
• February 5, 1915 - Act No. 2462

  -        Establishing a Board of Dental Examiners and outlining qualifications, fees, duties, and penalties.
• Act No. 2602 (1916)

  - Amends the qualification, appointment, and removal of the members of the Board of Dental Examiners and the qualifications of candidates for dental board licensure examinations
• Act No. 3680 and 3681

  - Reciprocity and removal of age requirement respectively for taking the dental licensure tests.
• Public Act No. 4007 (Reorganization Law of 1932)

  - In 1932, the Board of Dental Examiners was placed under the administration of the Department of Public Instruction.
• Japanese Era

  1942 to 1945
• Independent Philippine - Republic Era

  1946 to Present

   
• In 1948 (Philippine Republic Act No. 546)

  Board of Dental Examiners became an independent regulatory body
• In June 19, 1965, Philippine Dental Act of 1965 (Republic Act No. 4419)

  - The board was later given the authority to issue, suspend or revoke certificates of registration and the power to administer oaths and oversee dental education requirements.

   
• Dr. Victorino G. Villa

  - Became the Dean of the College of Dentistry of the University of the Philippines.
• Dr. Victorino G. Villa

  - Wrote an article about dentino - enamel and other research papers that were published in the United States.
• Dr. Luz C. Macapanpan

  - Focused her research regarding dental histology.
• Dr. Nieva Basa Eraña-Velázquez

  - First Filipino woman dentist
• Dr. Rufino Achacoso

  - Founder of prosthodontics in the Philippines
• Philippine Republic Act No. 481

  - Created the Dental Corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.