<prompt> Who was the first person to introduce cast inlay restoration into dentistry?William H. TaggartBuonocoreG.V. BlackBowen  <response>: In his 1907 US Patent 865823, Taggart described a method of making gold inlays using the lost wax technique. It led to the casting of onlays, crowns, multiple-unit fixed dental prostheses FDPs, and frameworks for removable partial dentures.Reference: PHILLIPS SCIENCE OF DENTAL MATERIALS, 12th ed page no 368 