Newell Sill Jenkins

Newell Sill Jenkins (* December 29, 1840 Falmouth, Massachusetts — September 25, 1919 Le Havre, France) was an American dentist who practiced most of his life in Dresden, Germany. He developed the Jenkins porcelain enamel and improved, thus making a composition of the porcelain paste porcelain inlays, dental crowns and bridges. He is thus the founder of aesthetic dentistry.

Jenkins comes from a shipping family. Immediately after completing his studies at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery of the University of Maryland, he opened in 1863 his dental practice in Bangor, Maine. He corresponded with Frank Abbott, a practicing dentist in Berlin who was one of Europe's most renowned dentists. Abbott encouraged him to emigrate to Germany. November 20, 1866 he emigrated with his family to Dresden, where he practiced 1866-1909. Since 1893 the Royal Saxon Privy Councillor appointed dentist was owner of the famous villa Thorwald in Dresden's Loschwitz, For years he practiced one month per year in Vienna and Warsaw. In 1907 he moved to Paris, where he continued his research and enjoyed wide recognition. Twice he was elected president of the American Dental Club of Paris. He received numerous awards from Germany, England, France, USA, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain. 1916, during World War I, he returned to the US. September 18, 1919, after the war, he entered a sailboat in NewYork to spend the winter months in southern France. However, this was not granted. He died of a heart attack upon arrival at the port of Le Havre on September 25, 1919. His remains were transferred to the United States, where he was buried in Bangor.

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