Charles Cassidy Bass (  1875 –  1975) was a medical doctor and researcher on tropical medicine with significant contributions to understanding malaria, hookworm, and other diseases.Rudolph Matas, New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 92, April 1940. Later Bass studied the relationship between dental health and the general well-being. Bass articulated and promoted the "Bass Technique of Toothbrushing" and developed improved means of flossing teeth, for which some refer to Bass as "The Father of Preventive Dentistry". He subsequently became a university administrator, serving as dean of the Tulane University School of Medicine, from 1922 to 1940.Dean C.C. Bass, Rudolph Matas Library, Tulane University, accessed February 15, 2012. Photographs of Bass are available for on-line viewing.
Charles Cassidy Bass ( January 29, 1875 – August 25, 1975) was an American medical doctor and researcher on tropical medicine who made significant contributions to understanding malaria, hookworm, and other diseases.Rudolph Matas, New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 92, April 1940. Later Bass studied the relationship between dental health and general well-being. Bass articulated and promoted the "Bass Technique of Toothbrushing" and developed improved means of flossing teeth, for which some refer to Bass as "The Father of Preventive Dentistry". He subsequently became a university administrator, serving as dean of the Tulane University School of Medicine, from 1922 to 1940.Dean C.C. Bass, Rudolph Matas Library, Tulane University, accessed February 15, 2012. 
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Photographs of Bass are available for on-line viewing.