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Picture Connecticut: The First Dentist
The latest in the Picture Connecticut series.
![In Windsor sits a monument dedicated to Dr. Horace H. Hayden, the "father of the dental profession."](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/103600/20230728/125550/styles/patch_image/public/windsor-dental-monument-___28124929606.jpg)
WINDSOR, CT — The latest image in the Picture Connecticut series takes us to the state's oldest town — Windsor and a monument you just don't see every day.
In the Palisado Avenue Historic District that runs along state Route 159, known locally as Palisado Avenue, is a cluster of buildings and monuments in a town green-like setting. There, sits a monument dedicated to Dr. Horace H. Hayden, the "father of the dental profession."
Hayden (1769-1844), was a teacher, geologist and architect and was a surgeon during the War of 1812. Hayden was the first president and professor of of the Principles of Dental Science in the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (1840-1844), the first dental college in the world.
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The monument was erected by the Hartford Dental Society in 1907.
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Picture Connecticut is a weekly Patch series featuring unique images of the state, past and present.
Previous featured images:
- The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
- The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
- The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
- The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
- The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
- The Underground Railroad, Unionville
- The cow carousel, Ellington
- Charles Island, Milford
- State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
- Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
- The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
- Agent Orange Monument, Andover
- The Sunken Garden, Farmington
- Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
- The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
- Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester
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