11 Facts About Washington Sheffield

Washington Wentworth Sheffield was an American dental surgeon best known for inventing modern toothpaste in the 1870s.

Washington Sheffield was considered one of the most skilled dentists in New England and the United States, making important contributions to the fields of dentistry and dental surgery.

Washington Sheffield grew up in North Stonington, Connecticut, and was educated in its public schools.

Dr Washington Sheffield became one of the most successful dentists and dental surgeons in the United States.

Washington Sheffield graduated, in 1865, from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, the second oldest dental school in the United States, as a Doctor of Dental Surgery.

In 1866, Dr Washington Sheffield received a naval commission from the President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, as a dental surgeon.

Lucius Washington Sheffield grew up in New London, Connecticut, and attended Norwich Free Academy.

Washington Sheffield joined many doctors and dentists in formulating his own tooth powder for use on his patients and later as another product for his dentifrice company.

Washington Sheffield, who was a dentistry student at Harvard during this period.

In 1885, Washington Sheffield was granted a patent for a dental bridge to hold multiple crowns together on broken or decayed teeth.

All these crown and bridge patents were combined under one company which the two doctors advertised as Washington Sheffield's Perfect Crowning System.