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A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.

A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face sulks in the background. Lithograph by Madame Fabroni after D. Teniers II.

A tooth-drawer in his establishment feeling the tooth of a bemused female patient, his assistant holds the pincers in readiness for extraction. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1823.

A dentist telling off his black assistant for not extracting a tooth, the assistant retorts that instead of the tooth he got the patients's watch and pocket book. Process print after G.E. Studdy.

Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

Final report on the experimental scheme for the training and employment of dental auxiliaries.

Introduction to dental nursing / Gwendolen Brereton.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

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Dental Assistants

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Final report on the experimental scheme for the training and employment of dental auxiliaries.

Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.

Introduction to dental nursing / Gwendolen Brereton.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

Dental Assistants

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Final report on the experimental scheme for the training and employment of dental auxiliaries.

Monkeys representing human beings in a tooth-drawer's surgery. Lithograph by L. Haghe after E. Bristow, 1828.

A patient paying a dentist after having a tooth removed with gas. Reproduction of a drawing after L.P. Dowd, 1922.

Introduction to dental nursing / Gwendolen Brereton.

Handbook for Royal Naval dental surgery attendants.

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