Stephens Chris
Emeritus Professor of Child Dental Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Br Dent J. 2025 Mar;238(6):408-411. doi: 10.1038/s41415-025-8332-0. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
British attendance at the two early dental meetings held in Philadelphia in 1926 has recently been reported; however, the influence of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) on United Kingdom (UK) dentistry started much earlier. In March 1879, the first Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degrees from UPenn were awarded, and during the next 40 years, well over 100 dentists travelled from the UK to obtain the DDS UPenn. Of these, 90 returned to practise in the UK. This paper considers the influence that these had on UK dentistry.
最近有报道称，1926年在费城举行的两次早期牙科会议上有英国代表出席；然而，宾夕法尼亚大学（UPenn）对英国牙科的影响早在这之前就开始了。1879年3月，宾夕法尼亚大学首次授予牙科外科学博士（DDS）学位，在接下来的40年里，超过100名牙医从英国前往宾夕法尼亚大学获取该学位。其中，90人返回英国行医。本文探讨了这些人对英国牙科的影响。
