Josiah Flagg II (1763-1816): An 18th-Century Advertising Broadside and The First Dental Chair.
What could a dentist do for his patients 229 years ago? Josiah Flagg II (1763-1816), one of the first native born American dentists, detailed his array of services in a 1796 advertising broadside (Figure 1). Note the crossed toothbrushes and dental instruments!
Authors
- Joshua A Bresler
- Andrew Spielman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7052-3689)
- Theodore P Croll
Institutions
- Doylestown Hospital (US)
- New York University (US)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.58929/jhd.2026.074.01.56
- Primary Topic
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00