Honorary Professor and Head of the Unit for the History of Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, Guy´s Hospital, Tooley Street, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
Br Dent J. 2024 Oct;237(7):559-563. doi: 10.1038/s41415-024-7901-y. Epub 2024 Oct 11.
Before the nineteenth century, there was little dentistry for anyone, let alone children. By the middle of that century, people such as William Macpherson Fisher and Sidney Spokes began to make a difference. Fisher campaigned for children's dental services. Spokes realised the need for similar-minded dentists to congregate, so formed the School Dentists' Society. Both led to vast improvements in dental care for children and conditions of working for school dentists.
在 19 世纪以前，几乎没有人接受过牙科治疗，更不用说儿童了。到了那个世纪中叶，像威廉·麦克弗森·费舍尔和西德尼·斯波克斯这样的人开始有所作为。费舍尔为儿童牙科服务而奔走呼号。斯波克斯意识到需要志同道合的牙医聚集在一起，于是成立了学校牙医协会。这两者都极大地改善了儿童的牙科护理和学校牙医的工作条件。
