Thomas Fillebrown was a dentist and a professor of dentistry at Harvard University from 1883 to 1904.
He was a successful oral surgeon and performed operations to fix cleft palates.
He held a degree in dentistry from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, obtained in 1869.
Dr. Fillebrown wrote many articles on the subject of Oral Surgery, Hare-lip, cleft-palate, hypnosis of dental obtundant and anesthesia.
At the time of his death Fillebrown was serving as president of the American Academy of Dental Science.