 Emma Gaudreau Casgrain became the first woman licensed in Canada to practice dentistry, when the College admitted her in 1898.Her husband, Henri-Edmond Casgrain was a dental surgeon, inventor and vice-president of the College, who trained Gaudreau.In 1910, the Association of Dental Surgeons of the Province of Quebec became the College of Dental Surgeons of the Province of Quebec (CDSPQ), following the example of the medical profession, which had incorporated as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada in 1843.