Simon Hullihen

Simon Hullihen MD, DDS (1810-1857) was a dental surgeon born in western Pennsylvania. He completed his medical degree first and then he was inspired to develop a career in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He helped to develop many modern techniques of maxillofacial surgery and contributed to the establishment of oral and maxillofacial surgery as a surgical specialty in the United States, regarded as the first oral surgeon in the United States.^[1]

References

1. Kruger, Gustav (1984). Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. St. Louis, Missouri: CV Mosby. ISBN 978-0-8016-2793-4.

• E.C. Ambrecht (1937). "Hullihen, the oral surgeon". International Journal of Orthod Oral Surg (23): 377 511, 598, 711.
• R. Goldwyn (1973). "Simon P. Hullihen Pioneer oral and plastic surgeon". Plastic Reconstructive Surg 52 (52): 250. doi:10.1097/00006534-197309000-00005.