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Thomas B. Gunning was a prominent Union dentist from New York City.  During the Civil War, he and a Confederate dentist, Dr. James Baxter Bean, simultaneously invented the interdental splint, yet being on opposite sides of the war were unaware of the other's work.  "Gunning had mended fractured jaws since 1840 and had successfully treated Secretary of State William H Seward for a broken jaw with an interdental splint in 1865."

Letter References

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, July 14, 1865

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Biography: 
Thomas B. Gunning was a prominent Union dentist from New York City. During the Civil War, he and a Confederate dentist, Dr. James Baxter Bean, simultaneously invented the interdental splint, yet being on opposite sides of the war were unaware of the other's work. "Gunning had mended fractured jaws since 1840 and had successfully treated Secretary of State William H Seward for a broken jaw with an interdental splint in 1865."
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Dentistry in the US Army to World War II
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
John M. Hyson, Jr., DDS, Joseph W.A. Whitehorne, PhD and John T. Greenwood, PhD
Publisher Location: 
Washington, DC
Publisher Name: 
Government Printing Office
Year: 
2008
Start Page: 
72-75
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ancestry.com
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Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Dentistry in the US Army to World War II
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
John M. Hyson, Jr., DDS, Joseph W.A. Whitehorne, PhD and John T. Greenwood, PhD
Publisher Location: 
Washington, DC
Publisher Name: 
Government Printing Office
Year: 
2008
Start Page: 
72
End Page: 
72
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=s9kKqdlj0WkC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=thomas+brian+gunning+1813-1899+dentist&source=bl&ots=DnP5IkMZes&sig=-MZJie15ERc11UAVCC5XmWnSBLc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JPWSVJz0C4edNpywgrgH&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=thomas%20brian%20gunning%201813-1899%20dentist&f=false