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Founder of Modern Dentistry: Greene Vardiman Black

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Founder of modern dentistry. Father of operative dentistry. The grand old man of dentistry. Greene Vardiman Black was born in 1836 and took an interest in medicine at age 17 but happened upon and settled into dentistry as a career interest when he was 21. After an apprenticeship that was typical of the time, he pursued a lifetime of advancing dentistry as a science-based clinical practice.

Over his decades in dentistry, Dr. Black taught at dental schools, published texts and books, wrote numerous papers, invented new dental tools, and advanced the field, body of knowledge, and practice of dentistry. One of his inventions was a dental drill. He standardized amalgam filling with a formula that was so carefully crafted, it remained the standard for 70 years. Rather than patenting the formula, he charged manufacturers a small fee to teach them the technique and recipe for them to make the lion share of sales which in turn made better restorations widely availabl

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American Medical Biographies/Black, Greene Vardiman

Black, Green Vardiman (1836–1914)

Green V. Black was born in Scott County, Illinois, August 3, 1836, grandson of Captain William Black of the North Carolina militia just before the Mecklenburg Rebellion, and one of the first officers to refuse allegiance to the British Crown. Dr. Black was reared on a farm and had very limited schooling, but was an apt student and tireless reader. Like Lincoln he was endowed by nature for better things. He read medicine with his brother, Dr. T. G. Black. In 1858 he opened a dental office in Winchester, Ill. He served in the hospital corps about two years. In 1864 he began dentistry in Jacksonville, Ill. He taught chemistry to the school teachers and gave instruction in microscopy to medical students. He successsfully passed the examination given by the state board of health in 1878 and was licensed to practise medicine. He was elected a member of the Moyan County Medical Society in 1880 and frequently presented papers to that organization. Dr. Black's great work was done after 1870.

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“G. V. Black – The Man of the Centuries” by E. F. Schewe, 1950

This profile of Greene Vardiman Black (1836-1915) was published in the May 1950 issue of the Washington University Dental Journal. The author, Edward F. Schewe, was a 1902 graduate of the Dental Department of Washington University.

G. V. BLACK – THE MAN OF THE CENTURIES
E. F. Schewe, ’02

Greene Vardiman Black

Greene Vardiman Black was an alumnus and faculty member of the Missouri Dental College and one of dentistry’s all-time great. In fact, he is in a class by himself, considering his background and achievements. Now thirty-five years after his passing, the dental world has not produced his like. He was the dominant dental figure of the last half of the nineteenth century and he may well still be considered the outstanding personality of the first half of the twentieth. He remains our unforgettable character.

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