RajaRayan R K
Prim Dent Care. 2001 Jul;8(3):91-2. doi: 10.1308/135576101322561877.
General dental practitioners have been part of The Royal College of Surgeons of England since the LDS RCS examinations in 1860. For 87 years, it was the general dentists who were part of the College. Later, the political necessity of introducing hospital dentists to the National Health Service changed the ethos for dentists with the formation of the Faculty of Dental Surgery in 1947. Secondary care dentists became entrenched within The College at the expense of the majority of those who practiced dentistry to the same level as secondary care dentists. It took a further 45 years before general practitioners could return to their home. The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), within a short space of time, has become the largest Faculty for dentists within any of the Royal Colleges. This article includes excerpts from the Dean's address at the Ceremony of Presentation of Diplomats held on 3rd March 2001 (see page 75). It unveils the accidents of history which formulated a Royal College, the perseverance of committed dentists which took them into the fold of The College. It describes the beginning of the Faculty of Dental Surgery and unravels the story of the Advisory Board in General Dental Practice which later became the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK). The next article 'Looking Forwards' will describe a way forward for this Faculty, which has grown up all too quickly in a rapidly changing world.
自1860年伦敦牙科外科学院皇家外科医学院（LDS RCS）考试以来，普通牙科医生就一直是英格兰皇家外科医学院的一部分。在长达87年的时间里，学院中的成员都是普通牙科医生。后来，将医院牙科医生引入国民医疗服务体系的政治必要性，随着1947年牙科外科学院的成立，改变了牙科医生的风气。二级医疗牙科医生在学院中站稳了脚跟，而这是以牺牲大多数与二级医疗牙科医生处于同一水平的牙科从业者为代价的。又过了45年，普通牙科医生才得以回归。英国普通牙科医生学院在短时间内就成为了皇家学院中规模最大的牙科医生学院。本文摘录了2001年3月3日举行的外交官颁证仪式上院长致辞的内容（见第75页）。它揭示了塑造皇家学院的历史偶然事件，以及坚定的牙科医生们坚持不懈从而融入学院的过程。它描述了牙科外科学院的开端，并揭开了普通牙科实践咨询委员会的故事，该委员会后来成为了英国普通牙科医生学院。下一篇文章《展望未来》将描述这个在瞬息万变的世界中迅速成长起来的学院的前进方向。
