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Pierre Fauchard

1679 - 1761

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Pierre Fauchard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ foʃaʁ]; 2 January 1679 – 21 March 1761) was a French physician, credited as being the "father of modern dentistry". He is widely known for writing the first complete scientific description of dentistry, Le Chirurgien Dentiste ("The Surgeon Dentist"), published in 1728. The book described basic oral anatomy and function, signs and symptoms of oral pathology, operative methods for removing decay and restoring teeth, periodontal disease (pyorrhea), orthodontics, replacement of missing teeth, and tooth transplantation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Fauchard is the 291st most popular physician (up from 362nd in 2019), the 2,185th most popular biography from France (up from 2,873rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Pierre Fauchard ranks 291 out of 726. Before him are Norman Bethune, Ali ibn Ridwan, Sun Simiao, Gregg L. Semenza, William Gull, and James Barry. After him are Dean Mahomed, Herman Snellen, Leonid Kulik, Leopold Auenbrugger, Henry Heimlich, and Kálmán Kalocsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1679, Pierre Fauchard ranks 6. Before him are Christian Wolff, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are Woodes Rogers, Jean François de Troy, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Firmin Abauzit, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Among people deceased in 1761, Pierre Fauchard ranks 11. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Stephen Hales, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, Tokugawa Ieshige, Balaji Baji Rao, and Clemens August of Bavaria. After him are Tarabai, Thomas Simpson, John Dollond, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Francesco Feo, and Giovanni Poleni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Fauchard ranks 2,185 out of 6,770. Before him are John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1582), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Marie-Claire Alain (1926), Yannick Noah (1960), Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano (1721), and Nicolas Lancret (1690). After him are Jo Schlesser (1928), Paul Virilio (1932), Jean Djorkaeff (1939), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Émile Coué (1857), and Marina Ginestà (1919).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Pierre Fauchard ranks 32. Before him are Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis (1757), Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772), François Magendie (1783), Bernard Kouchner (1939), Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853), and Guillaume Dupuytren (1777). After him are Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757), Edmond Locard (1877), Édouard Séguin (1812), Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), and Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (1742).

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