Thomas Fillebrown

Dr. Thomas Fillebrown (January 13, 1836 – January 22, 1908) was an American dentist and the head of the American Dental Association from 1897 to 1898.

Life Dr. Fillebrown was born in Winthrop, Maine. He was son of Dr. James Bowdoin and Almira Fillerbrown. He attended Towle Academy and Mount Weslyn Seminary from which he graduated in 1859. He began his career as teacher in a Public School and then began helping his father J. B. Fillebrown, who was a dentist himself. Thomas Fillebrown was a dentist and a professor of dentistry at Harvard University from 1883 to 1904. He was a successful oral surgeon and performed operations to fix cleft palates. He held a degree in dentistry from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, obtained in 1869. He was part of the first graduating class of Harvard Dental School. He also obtained a medical degree from Bowdoin College in 1863. At the time of his death he was serving as president of the American Academy of Dental Science.

Awards and positions National Dental Association - President (1897) American Academy of Dental Science - President Maine State Dental Association - President (1907) Harvard Dental Alumni Association - President (1871-1874) Harvard School of Dental Medicine - Professor (1883-1904)