title: James Smith Turner (1832-1904) and the British Dental Association.
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.
authors.affiliation: History of Dentistry, King's College London Dental Institute, Holmwood, Dollis Avenue, Finchley, London, N3 1UD.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gelbier
mesh_terms: D006665:History of Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012606:Scotland; D012953:Societies, Dental / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom