John Mankey Riggs Biography
- Riggs born in Seymour, Connecticut
- Graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1854
- First specialist in periodontics
- Associate of Horace Wells
- First surgeon to operate with a patient under anesthesia

John Mankey Riggs' Role in Early Periodontology
- Opponent of periodontal surgery
- Promoted proper oral hygiene and prevention
- Demonstrated conventional periodontal therapy in 1856
- Designed scrapers for removing deposits and necrosed bone
- Published treatment in 1876

References
- Middle initial of W. provided by Carranzas Clinical Periodontology
- Middle name of Mankey provided by Merriam-Websters Medical Desk Dictionary
- Different birth and death years provided by Carranzas and the dictionary
- Second source with dates provided by Carranzas
- Merriam-Websters Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition, page 721

Notable Individuals in Periodontology
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- Preston D. Miller
- Willoughby D. Miller
- Carl E. Misch
- Jay Seibert
- Jørgen Slots
- Paul Roscoe Stillman
- Dennis P. Tarnow

John Mankey Riggs (Repeated in "Other notable individuals in periodontology")
- John Mankey Riggs
- Jay Seibert

John Mankey Riggs (Wikipedia)

John Mankey Riggs (October 25, 1811 – November 11, 1885) was the leading authority on periodontal disease and its treatment in the United States, to the point that periodontal disease was known as "Riggs' disease."