FINALS

• Five Periods


  • Pre-Spanish Era
  • Spanish
  • American
  • Japanese
  • Independent Philippine Republic Era
• Barber-dentists


  Curers of toothache
• Early Filipinos


  • Barbers
  • Herbolarios
  • Tribe Chieftains
• Tooth-pullers (Sacamuelas)


  Just anybody who could extract teeth
• Captain Jose Arevalo (Cheng-cheng)


  • 1852
  • First Filipino dentist
  • Expert in carving
  • Assisted by his wife who is skilled in gold craftsmanship
  • Clinic at Quiapo, Manila
• Monsiuer M. Fetri (1858)


  • A French dentist
  • Looked for an assistant who is good in making artificial teeth and found Captain Chengcheng
  • The joint practice of the two marked the practice of dentistry in the Philippines
• University of Sto. Tomas


  • Development of dentistry as a profession
  • Opened a special course with basic curriculum for Cirujanos Ministrantes - "one who administers surgery"
  • Circujano Dentistas - "dentist-surgeon" or "dental surgeon
• American Regime


  • 1896
  • No law governing the practice of dentistry
  • Major General Elwell Otis - Dental profession must be regulated by the state
  • Dentistry licensure exam in the City of Manila
  • MILITARY to CIVIL government
  • PATENTE – writ or order in writing for exclusive rights and privilege to practice dentistry
• ACT #593


  • First Dental Law
  • Enacted in 1903
  • An act regulating the practice of dentistry in the Philippine Island
  • Board of Dental Examiners: Dr. Robert T. Oliver – Chairman, Dr. Wallace G. Skidmore – Secretary / Treasurer, Dr. Antonio Vergel De Dios – Member
  • first dental licensure examination held January 5, 1904
• Filipino Pioneers in Dentistry

  • Dr. Gregorio R. Mateo
  • Dr. Francisco Ponce
  • Dr. Placido Flores
  • Dr. Joaquin A. Lada
• Juanito Arevalo


  • Gold filling
  • Basibaro – astringent mouthwash (betelnut leaves and lime)
• Antonio De Asis


  • "Somnigen" – kind of general anesthesia that produces sleep
• Gregorio R Mateo


  • Father of Philippine Dentistry
  • Sociedad Dental de Filipinas – first dental organization in the Ph
  • First Dental Schools in the Ph
  • Gold porcelain fixed bridge
  • Infiltration Anesthesia (1-2% Procaine Hydrochloride with Adrenaline) - What we use now: 2% Lidocaine hydrochloride with 1:100,000 epinephrine
• Colegio Dental del Liceo de Manila (1914)

  • Philippine Dental College
  • De Ocampo Memorial College
  • DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery (1916)
  • DDM – Doctor of Dental Medicine (1932)
• Odontologia Filipina


  One of the first official dentistry organs published in the Ph
• Other Dental Schools Established

  • The University of the Philippines (1915)
  • National University (1922)
  • Centro Escolar University (1925)
  • Manila College of Dentistry (1929)
• Army-Teachers


  • Col. George G. Graham - Periodontology
  • Maj. Harry Smalley - Prosthodontics
  • Maj. Thomas Page - Operative Dentistry
• National Dental Association


  • 1924 – by a flash of new dentists graduated (organized NDA)
  • First President: Dr. Francisco Tecson
  • The National Dental Review – official organ
• Dr. Simon Francisco Tecson


  • First president of the National Dental Association of the Philippines
  • 1924 – 1927
  • Catered to new dentists who studied in the US
• Dr. Eladio Aldecoa


  • National Dental Review
  • Expanded to cover provinces
  • Dental society chapters were organized
• Act No. 2462


  • Regulations concerning the holding of dental examinations and dental practice were amended
  • Appointment of the members of the Board of Dental Examiners were relegated to the Director of Health and is to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior
• Act No. 2602


  • Amendment of Act 2462
  • 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. 3538


  • Lengthening the dental course from three to four years and in 1930
  • Enacted a reciprocity provision
  • DDS – 3 year course
  • Additional 1 year = DDM
  • Only high school graduates are allowed
• Act No. 3680


  • reciprocity act
• Act No. 3681


  • Removal of age requirement respectively for taking the dental licensure tests
• Public Act No. 4007


  • Board of Dental Examiners was placed under the administration of the Department of Public Instruction
  • Medical practitioners could engage in dentistry without taking the dental examinations
  • Practically kill dentistry as a profession
  • Dr. Victorino G. Villa and Dr. Gervasio Eraña fought bitterly the passage of this bill but to no avail
  • United States' dental education adopted a minimum two-year pre-dental course as a pre-requirement for the study of dentistry
• Japanese Era


  • WORLD WAR II happened 1942-1945
  • Dentists were either hesitant or afraid to practice
  • Periodontal disease became rampant
• Philippine Dental Association


  • United States and Armed Forces Liberated the Philippines
  • Dentists began to be active again and the two organizations that existed before the war were finally unified
  • Philippine Dental Association was born
  • Philippine Dental Association made its first issue in January 1948
• Born of New Dental Schools

  • Philippine College of Dental Medicine - College of Dentistry of the University of the East
  • Southwestern Colleges
  • Iloilo City Colleges
  • University of San Agustin
• Dr. Victorino G. Villa


  • Dean of College of Dentistry of the University of the Philippines
  • Contributed much to the advancement of dentistry in the country
  • His paper on the dentino-enamel article carried Philippine dentistry around the world
• Dr. Luz. C. Macapanpan


  • made contributions along histology and added to the effort of Filipino dentists in research
• Dr. Rufino Achacoso


  • Founder of prosthodontics in the Philippines
  • Well-known for his work in advancing the field of prosthodontics
  • Served multiple Philippine presidents
  • He is remembered for his engaging lectures and love of music
• H.B. 2783 - Republic Act No. 417


  • President Elpidio Quirino
  • specifically provided for practical tests in the dental board examinations
  • imposed a two-year pre-dental course as admission requirement for the study of dentistry
  • set and increased the penal provision for illegal practice of dentistry
  • effected changes in the qualifications and tenure of office and duties of the members of the Board of Dental Examiners
• Proclamation No. 235


  • Elpidio Quirino
  • February 3 to 9 – Dental Health Week
  • Promote dental health consciousness among people
• Republic Act No. 481


  • Separating the Dental Corps from the Medical Service
  • Creating it as a separate technical service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Changes between 1945 to 1957
• Ferdinand Marcos


  • Asian Pacific Dental Federation hosted its 8th Congress on February 7-12, 1977 at the Philippine Convention Center
  • Strong determination of the Filipino dentist advancing dental technology in the country
• Oral Cavity


  • The space located between the lips and cheeks on the external surface to the palatoglossal fold on on the internal surface
  • MASTICATION, TASTING, and SPEECH
  • Boundaries: Anteriorly: Lips, Posteriorly: Vertical portion of the soft palate and anterior pillar of the fauces, Superiorly: Hard Palate, Inferiorly: Mucosa covering the superior surface of tongue and sheet of muscles attached to the inner side of mandible, Laterally: Cheeks
• Oral Vestibule


  Area between the teeth and lips or cheek
• Oral Cavity Proper


  Area internal to the teeth