Title: Answer: The First ABDPH Dentist Diplomate
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Section/SPIG: Oral Health
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Answer: Dr. Harold Hillenbrand in 1970.
Dr. Hillenbrand served as executive director of the American Dental Association from 1946 until his retirement in 1970. He was the first dentist to serve as an adviser to the United States delegation to the World Health Organization and one of the first dentists to be elected a senior member of the Institute of Medicine.