Dr. Green Vardiman Black is known as the father of modern dentistry, a pioneer in bacteriology and patient comfort. He was born in 1836 in Winchester, Illinois. He studied for four years with his brother to become a physician. In 1856 he switched to dentistry and opened his office in Jacksonville. After serving in the Civil War, Black returned to Jacksonville and resumed his dental practice. He went on to teach dentistry at Northwestern University where he did extensive research, authored several books, and invented dental instruments. He served as Dean of the Northwestern Dental School from 1897 until he died in 1915.
Dr. Green Vardiman Black is known as the father of modern dentistry, a pioneer in bacteriology and patient comfort. He was born in 1836 in Winchester, Illinois. He studied for four years with his brother to become a physician. In 1856 he switched to dentistry and opened his office in Jacksonville. After serving in the Civil War, Black returned to Jacksonville and resumed his dental practice. He went on to teach dentistry at Northwestern University where he did extensive research, authored several books, and invented dental instruments. He served as Dean of the Northwestern Dental School from 1897 until he died in 1915.
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