Special needs dentistry needs your help

The Wisconsin Dental Association and Marquette University School of Dentistry share a long history of partnership. In 1968, Marquette University School of Dentistry collaborated with the WDA formerly known as Wisconsin Dental Society, the state dental health insurance program and Milwaukee Children’s Hospital to establish a new program to train dental students to care for… Continue Reading Special needs dentistry needs your help

Test your WDA knowledge and be entered to win an Amazon gift card

Since January, the WDA has published many different historical anniversary stories in the WDA Journal (and commemorative Journal issue in May), social media, WDA Insider members-only blog and WDA.org website. Use what you’ve learned about our 150 year (oral) history, take this historical trivia quiz and be entered to win one of three $75 Amazon… Continue Reading Test your WDA knowledge and be entered to win an Amazon gift card

Local dental societies integral in association since 1907

In a 1927 article written for the Wisconsin Dental Review by Dr. W. I. McFarlane, he stressed the importance of organized dentistry.  Dr. McFarlane explains, “The component society is the source from which the State Society receives its life and strength. Cooperation between the component societies is this sustaining force that keeps the breath of… Continue Reading Local dental societies integral in association since 1907

Pioneer dentist: Dr. Chet Bennett (Clintonville)

Dr. Elhanan “Chet” Winchester Bennett was born March 31, 1823, in Rushford, New York. He settled in Clintonville in 1855 and was the pioneer dentist. He was also a timber cruiser, hotel keeper, surveyor, justice of the peace, veterinarian, trapper and the region’s dentist. Dr. Bennett came from a family of farmers. He picked up the… Continue Reading Pioneer dentist: Dr. Chet Bennett (Clintonville)

Faries and Miner: Prominent Milwaukee dentists

Dr. Robert J. Faries, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, came to Milwaukee in 1844. Dr. George Barber Miner was born in Ogden, New York. Dr. Miner was both a physician and dentist. He lived in Milwaukee in 1845, when he and Dr. Faries began to practice together. A record of this partnership was engraved in… Continue Reading Faries and Miner: Prominent Milwaukee dentists

Dentistry through four eras: One generational and three biological dentists

Dentistry runs deep within my veins. My father, R. Douglas Teel was a brilliant dentist; the small-town, gentleman-farmer, Renaissance kind of dentist who could fix a Gleaner R62 Combine (a specialized harvesting tractor) axil or a #14 acute apical periodontitis at the drop of a hat. He died in 2002 after tragedy. This article was… Continue Reading Dentistry through four eras: One generational and three biological dentists

Multigenerational dental family spotlight: Davies

For more than 100 years, the Davies family has practiced dentistry in and around Waukesha. They opened the doors to a new facility in spring 2011, where today seven dentists operate pediatric, orthodontic and general dental offices under the same roof. My grandfather, William Alexander McFarlane, graduated from what is now Marquette dental school in… Continue Reading Multigenerational dental family spotlight: Davies

Multigenerational Dental Family Spotlight: Winter

I am a third-generation dentist that has served Milwaukee for 94 years and counting! My father, Dr. Charles Winter was always a health food advocate and his passion for dentistry influenced my brother Bruce and myself to join Hampton Dental Associates. It was a thrill to go on a dental mission with the Christian Dental… Continue Reading Multigenerational Dental Family Spotlight: Winter