historical marker. in recognition of its place in philippine history and society, a historical marker was installed by the national historical commission of the philippines for the dentistry profession. the marker entitled dental profession in the philippines was installed in 1961 at the philippine dental association building, ayala avenue, makati city. english text in 1850 professional dentistry began in the philippines when m. fertri, a french dentist from hongkong, established a clinic in manila at corner barbosa and r. hidalgo, quiapo. first filipino to practice dentistry was jose arevalo, better known as capitan chengcheng, 1852; his daughter catalina arevalo mejia was first filipino woman dentist. first dental association, sociedad dental de filipinas, organized at corner escolta and soda, manila, by several dentists headed by dr. g. r. mateo and inaugurated february 1908; first recognized dental college, colectio dental del liceo de manila, june 12, 1912, later renamed philippine dental college; first dental publication, journal of the philippine dental association published january 1948. compliments of dr. g. eraña