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Delta Sigma Delta (), founded on , is the oldest and largest of the international professional dental
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, pre-dating Xi Psi Phi (1889), Psi Omega (1892) and Alpha Omega (1907).


History

Its inception came when two dental students, Lou Mitchell and Chas Howard, of the
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School of Dentistry in
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were invited to join a medical fraternity, Nu Sigma Nu. They declined, instead opting to form the school's first professional dental fraternity. On , these two and five others from the dental school met at "Mrs. Slattery's boarding house", located at #10 North State St., Ann Arbor, Michigan, and there established what they soon realized was to be the first dental fraternity in the world. The founders were: As its name, they
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d the initials of the D.D.S. degree, which they were soon to receive, to D.S.D., substituting the
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letters for the English. Thus, Delta Sigma Delta was born. Already planning on national expansion, the Michigan group was known as the ''Alpha chapter''. After graduation these men took positions in multiple cities, still desirous to maintain the relationships of their college days. This led to the formation of a Supreme (or
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) chapter, which was founded in Detroit, MI after their graduation from dental school in 1895. Soon a second chapter, ''Beta chapter'', was formed at the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery The Chicago Dental Infirmary was the first dental school in Chicago. It only accepted students that already possessed Doctor of Medicine degrees, making it a post-doctorate school. Training consisted of two courses of lectures in dentistry. A yea ...
in 1885 by Dr. L.L. Davis who had set up his dental practice in the city. ''Epsilon chapter'' at Penn and ''Gamma chapter'', at
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were established soon after, within a month of each other.


Chapters

As of 2021 there were 44 active chapters. Undergraduate (~collegiate) chapters are located at dental schools, while Graduate chapters are located in population centers throughout the United States and Canada, as well as
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. The Supreme Council is designated as the administrative or governing body of the fraternity. Chapters of Delta Sigma Delta:Delta Sigma Delta chapters
accessed 14 May 2022.


See also

* Xi Psi Phi * Psi Omega * Alpha Omega *
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Omicron Kappa Upsilon () is a national honorary society serving the field of dentistry. History The Society originated with the 1914 graduating class of the dental school at Northwestern University in Chicago. The idea for the fraternity came from ...
*
Sigma Phi Alpha Sigma Phi Alpha () is a national honorary society serving the field of dental hygiene. History The Society originated at the March 1958 Business Meeting of the Dental Hygiene Education section of the American Dental Education Association (now Ame ...
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List of dental schools in the United States This list of dental schools in the U.S. includes major academic institutions in the U.S. that award advanced professional degrees of either D.D.S. or D.M.D. in the field of dentistry. It does not include schools of medicine, and it includes 66 s ...
* List of defunct dental schools in the United States


References


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* {{Authority control Professional dental fraternities and sororities in the United States Student organizations established in 1882 Former members of Professional Fraternity Association 1882 establishments in Michigan