Clifton O. Dummett facts for kids

Clifton O. Dummett, Sr. (1919–2011) was a noted American dentist, dental professor and dean, and dental historian.

Dummett was born in Georgetown in what was then British Guiana. He studied at Harvard University and Roosevelt University. He then earned his dental degree from Northwestern University in 1941. He later a maste's degree in periodontics from that institution. He earned a master's of public health from the University of Michigan.

He became dean a faculty member of the Meharry Medical College school of dentistry in Nashville, Tennessee in 1947. He was made dean of the dental school in 1949. In 1955 he enlisted in the United States Air Force. In 1966 he joined the faculty of the University of Southern California.