C. Everett Koop[1], the avuncular doctor with a fluffy white beard who served as the U.S. surgeon general during the Reagan administration, was famous for his work as an innovative pediatric surgeon and the attention he paid to the HIV-AIDS crisis.
As dentistry[2] scholars[3], we believe Koop also deserves credit for something else. To help make the medical profession pay more attention to the importance of healthy teeth and...