Frank M. Casto (30 May 1875 – 25 April 1965) was an American orthodontist who attended

Angle School of Orthodontia Angle School of Orthodontia was the first school of orthodontics in the world, established by Edward Angle in 1899. The school taught its students orthodontics over a period of 3–6 weeks. The school graduated 183 students until it closed in 1927 ...

in 1902. He was the President of the

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in 1909 and the

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in 1935.

Life

Casto was born in

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. He obtained his dental degree in 1898 from

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. In 1900 he received his medical degree and thereafter his pharmacy degree in 1902 from

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and Pharmacy School respectively. He then became a professor until 1904 at the school. He also served as the dean of the School of Dentistry at Western Reserve University from 1917 to 1937. The annual AAO meeting of 1909 was held at his home in

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, Ohio. He has served as president of numerous organizations such as Cleveland Dental Association, the Northern Ohio Dental Association, the Ohio State Dental Association, and the American Dental Association (1935-1936). In addition, he served as the past vice-president of the Pan American Orthodontic Association and was Supreme Grand Master of the

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dental fraternity in 1928.

Career

He moved to

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, California in 1937 and practiced Orthodontics there until the time of his retirement in 1952. Casto held the reserve commission in the

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and was also an active member of the La Jolla Post of the American Legion and Military Order of World Wars. Casto along with Dr. McCoy played an important role in the functioning of the organization American Association of Orthodontists in its first 10 years of existence. Casto was married to Florence M. Andrus on 20 February 1902, and had three children, William, Ruth, and Florence

References

American dentists American orthodontists 1875 births 1965 deaths People from Blanchester, Ohio Military personnel from Ohio Ohio State University College of Medicine alumni {{US-med-bio-stub