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Jansje Gretha Schuiringa
Dutch dentist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jansje Gretha (Jans) Schuiringa (Balmahuizen, 9 July 1887 - Utrecht, 1 August 1975), also known as Miss Schuiringa, was one of the first people in the Netherlands to hold the title of dentist.[1] The work that Schuiringa carried out between 1920 and 1957 as a professor of prosthetic dentistry at the Institute of Dentistry in Utrecht,[2] was of major significance in the development of the discipline of maxillofacial dental surgery.[3] Maxillofacial dental surgery, which operates on the jaw and the face, involves making prosthetics for the face and teeth.[citation needed]