The emergence of a graduate dental profession, 1858-1957
This study grew from a request for information as to the date of establishment of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) as the professional qualification for dentists in the United Kingdom. In the process of answering this enquiry it became apparent that there was no simple answer and that university dental education was not covered by the existing literature. It also became clear that, while ubiquitous for new dentists by the late twentieth century, the dental degree had only comparatively recently become the standard path to a dental career. This study emphasises the role of professional education, and particularly university education and research, in the development of the dental profession and dental services. University dental education and research, it is argued, was a major factor in the professionalisation of dentistry, in convincing the government of the importance of dental health and thus in establishing dentistry as an essential part of the National Health Service (NHS). University dental education and research, it is argued, extended the therapeutic potential of dental treatment, promoted understanding of the relationship between oral and systemic disease, of the etiology and pathology of dental
Marlborough, Helen Scott
RK Dentistry
The emergence of a graduate dental profession, 1858-1957. This study grew from a request for information as to the date of establishment of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) as the professional qualification for dentists in the United Kingdom. In the process of answering this enquiry it became apparent that there was no simple answer and that university dental education was not covered by the existing literature. It also became clear that, while ubiquitous for new dentists by the late twentieth century, the dental degree had only comparatively recently become the standard path to a dental career. This study emphasises the role of professional education, and particularly university education and research, in the development of the dental profession and dental services. University dental education and research, it is argued, was a major factor in the professionalisation of dentistry, in convincing the government of the importance of dental health and thus in establishing dentistry as an essential part of the National Health Service (NHS). University dental education and research, it is argued, extended the therapeutic potential of dental treatment, promoted understanding of the relationship between oral and systemic disease, of the etiology and pathology of dental
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