The Adelaide Dental School 1917 to 2017
By James Rogers, Grant Townsend and Tasman Brown
FREE | 2018 | Ebook (PDF) | 978-1-925261-74-5 | 414 pp
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20851/dental-history
The Adelaide Dental School has built a proud history over a period of 100 years, gaining a reputation as one of the world's top dental schools. This book records some of the key events that have shaped the School's excellence in teaching and research, whilst also exploring the lives of some of the personalities who have driven change within the School. In addition, the book considers both the future of dental education as well as likely developments in dental research and practice, and the way these two things are linked. The book also contains three chapters in which former students of the Dental School provide personal viewpoints of their education at the Adelaide Dental School. The final appendices contain a potpourri of archival material, including copies of documents and examples of lecture notes and examination papers. As a whole, this book provides both a record of the key achievements that have made the School what it is today and an insight into what the next 100 years may hold for the School.
About the authors
James R Rogers had a role as a teaching technician in the Adelaide Dental School which involved small-group teaching and mentoring of students in all years of the BDS programme over a period of more than thirty years.
Emeritus Professor Grant Townsend has authored over 300 papers in refereed journals, as well as many books and book chapters. He has been awarded the Medaille de la Ville de Paris, membership of the Finnish Dental Society, the IADR ANZ Division Alan Docking Award, and the IADR International Distinguished Scientist Award in craniofacial biology for his contributions to dental research. He became a Member of the Order of Australia in January 2018.
Emeritus Professor Tasman (Tas) Brown has published books, chapters and over 100 journal articles. He was recipient of the inaugural IADR ANZ Division Alan Docking Award in 1978 and became a Member of the Order of Australia.