title: Sydney William Garne LDS RCS FRGS (1875-1946): founding president of the Ceylon Dental Association.
abstract: This paper follows the life of Sydney Garne, from qualification as a dentist in London through a short visit to South Africa, to a lifetime of professional service in Ceylon. There he was the first non-medically qualified dentist to enroll on the Dentists Register. Then he became the founder-President of the Ceylon Dental Association which he ensured was based on the British association. The responsibilities of that post remained on his shoulders for 10 years; all the time he ran a thriving practice and had a happy family life, including a stepson of whom he was proud.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. s.gelbier@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gelbier
mesh_terms: D006665:History of Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013188:Sri Lanka; D006113:United Kingdom