Exhibit Guides

‌Planning a trip to the museum? Use our field trip and exhibit guides in your preparation!

• Field Trip Guide
• Exhibit Guide
• The Future is Now Exhibit Guide
• Your Spitting Image Teacher Guide
• Forensic & Anthropology Dentistry Activity Guide

Agents of Change: Pioneering Women Dentists

‌According to the American Dental Association (ADA), as of 2019, there are 200,419 dentists in the United States. Also according to the ADA, 33.4% of these dentists are female. While women have not always constituted such a significant percentage of dentists in the United States, they have had a significant impact on the dental profession since their formal entry into the dental field in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. The story of pioneering women dentists in the United States, including the impact they had in advancing the dental profession and the obstacles they faced in doing so, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present is the story at the heart of the Agents of Change: Pioneering Women Dentists program.

Choose from an entire program or individual activities to learn more about the role pioneering women played in dentistry, or choose from individual activities to learn what a change agent is, how to use primary source documents to understand the "debate over women dentists" that occurred throughout dentistry's history, and the role of gender stereotypes, gender bias, and gender discrimination in dental history.

• Agents of Change - Pioneering Women Dentists - Online Program
• Defining Gender Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination Activity
• Is Woman Adapted to the Dental Profession? Activity
• Agents of Change - Object Analysis Activity
• What is a Change Agent Activity
• Student handouts for each activity

MouthPower‌®

Explore Mouthie's online laboratory to learn about how to brush your teeth, what tobacco can do to your mouth and how to make healthy food choices.

Check out our classroom activities related to the exhibit as well!

• MouthPower Classroom Activity Guide
• MouthPower PreSchool Activity Guide

Healthy Smiles for Autism

‌Dental care is the leading unmet health care need among children with special needs. The National Museum of Dentistry has developed a unique resource for parents to teach their children how to have a healthy mouth for life. Healthy Smiles for Autism‌ contains oral hygiene tips, facts and step-by-step demonstrations for children with autism spectrum disorder.

History Scavenger Hunt

Explore the museum and test your knowledge by going on one of our history scavenger hunts!

• History Scavenger Hunt A
• History Scavenger Hunt B

Looking for the answers? E-mail pcutter@umaryland.edu before your visit or ask for the answer sheet when you arrive.