Pike-Upson-Lamar County GaArchives Biographies.....Childs, Wyatt Bentley May 16 1895 - September 3 1970
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Author: Walter G. Cooper
WYATT BENTLEY CHILDS, D.D.S., F.A.C.D.

Dr. Wyatt Bentley Childs was born May 16, 1895, Yatesville, Upson County, 
Georgia, son of Elder William Wyatt and Melvina Roberts Childs. Dr. Childs' 
father was a prominent Primitive Baptist minister, who served in the ministry 
of the Gospel for fifty-five years in middle Georgia.

Wyatt Bentley Childs was graduated in 1912 from Joseph E. Johnston Institute in 
Upson County, after which he immediately matriculated at the old Southern 
Dental College in Atlanta; and from which he received the degree of Doctor of 
Dental Science, three years later (1915). He was a member of the Psi Omega 
dental fraternity.

He engaged in general practice at Barnesville, Georgia, from 1915 to 1919. He 
then attended the Dewey Post Graduate School of Orthodontia in New York City, 
where he received his certificate. Returning to Georgia, he located in Atlanta 
and practiced orthodontics exclusively for eighteen months, then moved to Macon 
where he has since enjoyed a most busy and extensive practice specializing in 
orthodontics.

Frequently lectured and conducted clinics, and has contributed numerous papers 
to the literature. Is Past President of the old Sixth District Dental Society: 
now the Central District; Past President Alumni Association Dewey School of 
Orthodontia 1927; Past President of the Georgia Dental Association 1929-30; 
Member of American Dental Association. Past President of the Southern Society 
of Orthodontists 1929; Member of American Society of Orthodontists; Diplomate 
of American Board of Orthodontics November 7, 1933.

He was a member of the First International Orthodontic Congress held in New 
York City, in 1926, and was one of the honorary vice presidents of the Second 
International Congress held in London in 1931. Elected to Fellowship in 
American College of Dentistry, July 16, 1939. The Georgia Dental Association 
bestowed on him the title of Honorable Fellow May 20, 1941. He is a Fellow in 
the Academy International of Dentistry. Is a member of the Ambulatory Fracture 
Association for the study of skeletal pinning and external fixation, was member 
of the staff of Mercy Hospital, Macon, until it was closed in 1950, member of 
Macon Hospital staff for twenty-five years where he has specialized in the 
reduction and fixation of maxillo-facial injuries, and the external pinning of 
facial fractures. He was elected honorary member of the old Twelfth District 
Dental Society"before it was combined with the Central District Society of 
Georgia, is a life member of Georgia Dental Association and American Dental 
Association, and an honorary member of the Western District Dental Society. He 
is a member of the Masonic Order, Shrine, and by religious faith, a Baptist.

He has long been interested in the study of archaeology, physical anthropology, 
and physical anthropology He collaborated with Smithsonian scientists, in the 
excavation, study, measurement, and evaluation of skulls, crania and other 
skeletal material during excavations at old Ocmulgee Fields near Macon, and 
other Indian mounds sites in Georgia.

For many years he has been extremely interested in he study and prevention of 
occupational strain, postural defects, deformities, and other physical 
handicaps and disturbances brought on by dental practice. He invented and 
developed the Childs Posture Comfort Chair which he designed exclusively for 
dentist's use while operating at the chair. The chair supplies functional three 
dimensional support to the dentist's body when operating in the seated 
position; its purpose being to greatly eliminate the occupational hazards 
experienced y the practicing dentist.

Outside his professional and civic activities, he has long been engaged in the 
improvement and breeding of pedigreed Hereford cattle. He is developing 
improved herds on his farm, in the Counties of Lamar and Monroe. He was. a 
member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Hereford Association for 
several years.

His brother, the late Dr. W.J. Childs, was associated with W.B. Childs for four 
years before engaging in the exclusive practice of orthodontia at Columbus, 
Georgia, where he enjoyed a large practice until his death in 1946.

Wyatt Bentley Childs married Lillian Wooten of Barnesville, Georgia, in 1916.

NOTE: For more complete history, kindly refer to the Biographical Volume 
IV "The Story of Georgia," by Walter G. Cooper, published by the American 
Historical Society, 1938.

[Transcribed 12/27/04 Lynn Cunningham]

Additional Comments:
From copy obtained at Old Jail Museum and Archives, Barnesville, Georgia. 
Compiled by Shanna English.

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