title: The Royal Colleges, the LDS and the struggles of the dental profession.
abstract: This paper is based on a lecture to the symposium on 'apprenticeship to life long learning: dental education through the centuries', Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow.
authors.affiliation: Unit for the History of Dentistry, KCL Dental Institute, Floor 18, Dental Tower, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RT, UK. sgelbier@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gelbier
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008005:Licensure, Dental / Q000266:history*; D008131:London; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom