Who is credited with establishing dental hygiene as a distinct profession in the United States?
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A
Alfred C. Fones, who trained the first dental hygienist Irene Newman in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1906
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B
G.V. Black, who developed cavity classification
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C
Pierre Fauchard, known as the father of modern dentistry
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D
Horace Wells, who pioneered anesthesia