{{Short description|Craniofacial research institute}} {{about|the craniofacial research institute|the similar-sounding nanotechnology policy institute|Foresight Nanotech Institute}} thumb|The original location of the institute at 140 The Fenway '''The Forsyth Institute''', located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is one of the leading centers for dental and craniofacial research in the world. It was envisioned in 1908 by James Forsyth, who left $500,000 in his will for the establishment of a dental infirmary for poor children in Boston. Forsyth would pass away before establishing the institute leaving his two brothers, Dr. Thomas Alexander Forsyth And John Forsyth, the task of establishing the dental infirmary. <ref>History of Forsyth [https://www.forsyth.org/about-us/history/]</ref> thumb|left|upright|T. A. Forsyth The institute was once an infirmary for pediatric dental care in Boston. The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children was founded in 1914 by Dr. Thomas Alexander Forsyth and John Hamilton Forsyth in memory of their brothers, George Henry Forsyth and James Bennett Forsyth.<ref name="BOSTONPOST1919">"Fine Tribute Paid to Founder of Forsyth Dental Infirmary", ''The Boston Post'', May 7, 1919</ref><ref name="SCIENCE1915">[https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.41.1044.30 "THE FORSYTH DENTAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN"], ''Science'', 1 January 1915: Vol. 41 no. 1044 pp. 32-33</ref>
It had been located for over a century in the Fenway–Kenmore area of Boston, at 140 The Fenway (Fenway Street), next to the Museum of Fine Arts. The museum acquired the institute's Fenway property prior to Forsyth's move to Cambridge in 2010.<ref>Reidy, Chris, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211501/http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2009/08/05/forsyth_institute_moves_to_cambridge/ "Forsyth Institute moves to Cambridge"], ''The Boston Globe'', August 5, 2009</ref> The new Forsyth headquarters in Cambridge was designed by the architectural firm ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc.<ref>[http://arcusa.com/node/79 "Portfolio: The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA / Headquarters Relocation"], ARC website.</ref>
The Forsyth Institute is affiliated with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and also collaborates with many other institutions worldwide.<ref>[http://forsyth.org/affilations "Affiliations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220010201/http://forsyth.org/affilations |date=2015-02-20 }}, Forsyth Institute website</ref> In 2016, the Forsyth Entrepreneurial Science Center was opened at its headquarters at 245 First Street. The shared-space startup business incubator was initially planned to occupy about {{convert|5,000|sqft}} within Forsyth’s {{convert|70,000|sqft|adj=on}} headquarters space.<ref name="Weisman">{{cite web |last1=Weisman |first1=Robert |title=Forsyth Institute opens Cambridge incubator for biomedical research |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/10/17/forsyth-institute-opens-cambridge-incubator-for-biomedical-research/ePlTdWIHg5ELcYaFJkohyO/story.html?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results |website=BostonGlobe.com |access-date=2022-12-08 |date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>
The Institute continues to provide pediatric dental care, setting up temporary ForsythKids clinics across Massachusetts.<ref name="monster">{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/27/business/forsyth-institute-ada/ |title=Cambridge’s Forsyth Institute joins ADA to create ‘biggest monster in dentistry’ |author=Macie Parker |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=October 27, 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, Forsyth announced it would be merging with the research arm of the American Dental Association to form the ADA Forsyth Institute, retaining its existing headquarters and CEO.<ref name="monster" /> {{-}} ==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.forsyth.org Forsyth Institute Official Website] * [http://hsdm.harvard.edu Harvard School of Dental Medicine website] * [http://belalyonpratt.com/works-item.php?accession=BP.1914.050 Bela Lyon Pratt sculptures of Thomas Alexander Forsyth] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502120320/http://www.belalyonpratt.com/works-item.php?accession=BP.1914.050 |date=2012-05-02 }}. Sculptures of some of the Forsyths were commissioned in 1912–1914 to the American sculptor, Bela Lyon Pratt.
Forsyth Institute, The Category:History of dentistry