Charles Elmer Woodbury, DDS
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Title
Charles Elmer Woodbury, DDS
Date
14 May 1888
Description
State Board of Dental Examiners of Iowa
Charles Elmer Woodbury, DDS, was born on January 11, 1866, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and graduated in the fourth dental class of the University of Iowa. He was a professor at Creighton University from 1908–1949 and professor emeritus of Operative Dentistry. He designed over 100 dental instruments during his career and was the first dentist to use gold foil to fill teeth. He organized the first Woodbury Gold Foil Study Club in honor of his father, Dr. Edmund Israel Woodbury.
The elder Dr. Woodbury arrived in Council Bluffs via steamboat on July 1, 1859. He is considered the first dentist in Nebraska and the only dentist between western Iowa and Denver, Colorado, at the time.
Charles Elmer Woodbury, DDS, was born on January 11, 1866, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and graduated in the fourth dental class of the University of Iowa. He was a professor at Creighton University from 1908–1949 and professor emeritus of Operative Dentistry. He designed over 100 dental instruments during his career and was the first dentist to use gold foil to fill teeth. He organized the first Woodbury Gold Foil Study Club in honor of his father, Dr. Edmund Israel Woodbury.
The elder Dr. Woodbury arrived in Council Bluffs via steamboat on July 1, 1859. He is considered the first dentist in Nebraska and the only dentist between western Iowa and Denver, Colorado, at the time.
Rights
Courtesy of UNMC College of Dentistry, through the support of the Dental Museum Fund and curated by Dr. Stanton D. Harn