Key Points
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An understanding of the pressures to develop a dental profession in the nineteenth century.
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An overview of the organisations formed to establish the LDS and Dentists Register.
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The role of JS Turner, especially in the establishment of the BDA.
Abstract
Together with John Tomes, J. S. Turner was a leading campaigner in the fight to advance dentistry from a trade to a profession. Through the Dental Reform Committee he promoted the establishment of a Dentists Register and then the British Dental Association. As first secretary of the BDA he guided it through its first days. He became president in 1891.
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Many thanks are due to Helen Nield, Amy Grinell and Damyanti Raghvani for BDA library support; and Lina Coelho of the BMA Library. Also Rachel Bairsto, Head of the BDA Museum Services for supplying the pictures. Finally the BDJ's referees who made extremely helpful comments on an earlier draft.
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Gelbier, S. James Smith Turner (1832–1904) and the British Dental Association. Br Dent J 222, 396–399 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.227
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