For media inquiries, please call 410-706-0600 or email the Museum.

Podcasts

• UMB Pulse - 8/5/2022 - "The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry"
• BBC's The Forum - 3/18/2022 - "Adventures with dentures: The Story of Dentistry"
• Open Wide - 5/04/2021 - "A Kids Podcast About Dentistry"

Articles

• Dimensions of Dental Hygiene - 08/04/2022 - "The UMB Pulse' Podcast Explores the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry"
• AFP Fact Check - 03/07/2022 - "Ancient Egyptian detnistry" These images show a model created by an Italian dentist in the 1900s"
• ADA News - 03/08/2021 - "JADA+ COVID-19 Monograph demonstrates how 'dental community has risen above the defeatism to provide dental care'"
• Reading Eagle - 12/26/2019 - "A Day Away: Sink your teeth into the Baltimore dental museum"
• National Geographic - 06/14/2019 - "How your toothbrush became a part of the plastic crisis"
• AAA - 03/2019 - "Chew On This"
• KFGO - 1/18/2019 "Meet The National Museum of Dentistry..."
• The Baltimore Sun - 2/27/2018 "15 quirky Maryland Museums, featuring George Washington's dentures, a giant Millennium Falcon and more"
• ZM Online – 7/18/2017 “Die Kirsch-Zahnpasta Ihrer Majestat/Her Majesty’s Cherry Toothpaste”
• HowStuffWorks – 2/3/2017 “What Was the Very First Toothbrush”
• Smithsonian Magazine – 12/22/2015 “From Teeth to Toilets, This Dazzling Exhibit of Gold Artifacts Has the Midas Touch”
• Forbes – 9/6/2015 “10 Boneheaded Interpretations of Ancient Skeletons”
• USC News – 8/18/2015 “Forensic odontology: a line of work that’s not for the squeamish”
• The Baltimore Sun – 5/22/2015 “Travel Channel to feature Baltimore’s National Museum of Dentistry”
• The Baltimore Sun – 4/24/2015 “Baltimore’s Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry”
• Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics – 2/5/2015 “Bioethics in History – The National Museum of Dentistry”
• Gizmodo – 9/10/2014 “Bloodletting and Bone Brushes: The White-Knuckle Days of Early Dentistry”
• NY Times – 11/19/2012 “Who Made that Dental Floss”
• Dear Doctor – 8/1/2012 http://www.deardoctor.com/articles/national-museum-of-dentistry/
• Oral Answers – 8/13/2011 “A Trip to the National Museum of Dentistry”
• Kotaku – 6/2/2011 “Great White Teeth”
• NPR – 8/24/2010 “George’s Dentures Shine at Dentistry Museum”
• Benco Dental – 6/4/2010 “‘Tomorrow’s Dental Office…Today Ventures’ into the Future of Dental Technology and Innovation”
• Dental Tribune – 12/15/2009 “Museum Dispels Myth about George Washington’s Teeth”
• NY Times – 4/15/2008 “Open Wide: Pioneer Dentist Gets His Due”
• Smithsonian.com – 11/1/2006 “Discovering George Washington”
• NBCNews.com – 1/27/2005 “George Washington’s False Teeth Not Wooden”
• Dental Economics – 01/01/2002 “The National Museum of Dentistry” 

Videos

• National Geographic - 6/14/2019 - "How your toothbrush became a part of the plastic crisis"
• Circa - 6/23/2018 - "Chattering mandibless, spooky skulls and pliers for teeth-a look at the National Museum of Dentistry"
• Circa - 6/13/2018 - "Prep your pearly whites. We are touring the National Museum of Dentistry (yes it does exist)"
• Michael Downs - 5/22/2018 - "The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist"
• VOA News - 5/16/2018 - "Exploring the History of Teeth at Baltimore's Dentistry Museum"
• Travel Channel - 2/15/2018 "Jefferson's Wine, First High Flyer, and Stefania's Thirteen"
• WWAY North Carolina - 2/12/2018 "#Unsolved: Man Found Wrapped in Burlap in Brunswick River"
• WMAR Baltimore – 3/7/2017 “Dentistry Museum Kids Get Excited About Teeth”
• UMBaltimore – 2/15/2017 “National Museum of Dentistry”
• Human Being Productions – 10/12/2016 “Traditions: The National Museum of Dentistry”
• Travel Channel – 5/22/2015 “Peanut Pusher, Hollywood Holdout, Lost Treasure”
• The History Channel - 12/12/2014 "Brad Meltzer's Lost History: George Washington's Stolen Teeth (S1, E7)"
• Real World Endo – 10/26/2014 “Visit to the National Museum of Dentistry Part 1”
  • “Visit to the National Museum of Dentistry Part 2”
  • “Visit to the National Museum of Dentistry Part 3”
• Meetlocalbiz – 1/6/2012 “Baltimore’s National Museum of Dentistry”
• Smile Lobby – 1/3/2011 “George Washington”
• Smile Lobby – 1/3/2011 “Dr. Black”
• Smile Lobby – 12/15/2010 “Queen Victoria”
• Benco Dental – 7/18/2010 “Operatory of the Future – Ribbon Cutting”
• NIHOD – 3/23/2010 “Women in Dental Research”
• The Smithsonian Channel – 7/12/2009 “Let’s Eat”
• The History Channel - 4/21/2004 "Modern Marvels: Bathroom Tech (S10, E14)"
• The History Channel - 9/11/1999 "George Washington's Teeth"

Internship Research Papers

• VRA Bulletin - Fall/Winter 2020 "Digitizing Dentistry's Multifaceted History: Why It Is Necessary" - Chase Van Tilburg
• NMD - Summer 2020 "3D Digitization in Cultural Heritage Guidebook" - Emma Cieslik