 The First Letter
The first Brazilian dentist permit was granted to a Portuguese called Pedro Martins de Moura, on February 15 th , 1811. On July 23 rd , the first Brazilian individual, Sebastian Fernandez de Oliveira, is also granted the permit. The coming of the Frenchman Eugenio Frederico Guertin, graduated from the School of Medicine of Paris , brings advancements especially in the prosthetics segment. This professional was granted his permit to practice in Brazil on March 3 rd , 1820. He would place metallic crowns, perform dental fillings with gold or lead and, do the cleaning and teeth extractions. Due to the quality of his work, he was appointed as the emperor and empress' dentist. As written on available records, he is the author of the first Dentistry paper made in Brazil . The book title is: “Avisos Tendentes à Conservação dos Dentes e sua Substituição” (Hints Regarding Tooth Maintenance and its Replacement) , published in 1829. Guertin's office was located at Rua do Ouvidor, 126, in Rio de Janeiro , and it was sought by people who esteemed their teeth. The price list practiced by Guertin is curious.
After 1822
The first dentist permit granted after Brazil 's Independence was to Gregório Raphael da Silva, a Portuguese descendant, on June 1 st , 1824. On August 30 th , 1828, D. Pedro I abolished the positions of Great Physicist, Surgeon-mor and Great Provider and altered once again the responsibility for the concessions of the license permits. The activities ended up being performed by the Municipal Councils and Ordinary Justices. The purpose of this change was to break up the licenses concession, however, it used to collide with lack of skilled professionals to evaluate candidates in all places.
After the French dentists, from 1840 on, the North American dentists started arriving in Brazil and also contributed to the development of the profession here. In 1849, Clinton Van Tuyl published the Healthy Teeth Guide. On September 14 th , 1850, the Public Hygiene Council is created and is responsible for sanitation movements and for the regularization of professionals graduated from foreign universities. One year later, the edict nr 828, clause 28, established that doctors, surgeons, pharmacists, dentists and midwives would have to submit their qualification permits to the Council.
In the following years, several measures were issued to perfect the dentistry practice. Still in 1851, the director of the School of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro , José Martins da Cruz Jobim, obtained the publishing of an edict that created new statutes for the university in order to improve the instruction and to fight the charlatanism that was present, in spite of the demands established to obtain the work permit.
With the edict 1.754 of May 14 th , 1856, the candidates to receive the titles of dentist or approved dentist would take tests at the School of Medicine of Bahia or Rio de Janeiro . The exams consisted of a practical part that included the extraction of a corpse's tooth and a theoretical part divided in five groups of topics: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Teeth Anomalies, Gum and Alveolus Arches; Dental Hygiene and Therapeutics; Description of Tools that compose the Dentist's Surgical Arsenal; Theory and Practice of its Application, and Means of Making Prosthetics Parts and Dental Orthopedics.
Although the official founding of the Brazilian Dental Association dates from 1949, there is evidence about the history of Dentistry in Brazil that shows its creation in 1942. According to available data, the first class association founded in Brazil was the Dentists Institute in 1868. It was extinct in the following year and re-inaugurated on May 14 th , 1889, having become in 1942, the Brazilian Dentistry Association, which is a subject of discussion among researchers.
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