James Garretson
James E. Garretson | |
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| Born | 19 October 1828 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | 26 October 1895 (aged 67) Lansdowne, Philadelphia, U.S. |
| Other names | John Darby |
| Alma mater | Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery |
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James Edmund Garretson (18 October 1828 – 26 October 1895) was an American professor at the Dental College of Philadelphia, a clinic for oral surgery. With his work A Treatise on the Diseases and Surgery of the Mouth, Jaws and Associate Parts, first published in 1869, he helped to establish oral and maxillofacial surgery as a specialty in the United States. He is known as the father of oral surgery.