title: The Menzies Campbell Lecture. The fair face of dentistry--from anathema to acceptance.
abstract: 'What is history?' was the challenge issued by Gibbon, the great historian of the Roman Empire. 'Little more', he observed, 'than a register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of men'. In this lecture I will attempt to redress this inequality and demonstrate that the 'crimes, follies and misfortunes' of women also have a place in history and, at the same time, uncover the 'fair face of dentistry'. I intend to paint a wide canvas, and to relate events and achievements to the sociological changes of contemporary society.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Seward
mesh_terms: D003816:Dentists, Women / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006113:United Kingdom