The latest issue of our journal includes two contrasting articles covering the history of dental posters – one exploring those from China and another those held in the BDA’s Museum collection. The cover shows an iconic oral health education poster produced by Abram Games, a leading graphic designer of the 20th century.
Articles to discover:
- Oral health promotion in China during the early to mid-20th Century
- Every poster tells a story: a review of dental posters held in the BDA Museum Collection
- Alfred Fennings and his teething powder
- Adolphus Dubois and the legacy of Nicholas Dubois de Chemant
- History of the College of General Dentistry: Inception
- Brief Lives – John Baird MP LDS RFPS Glasgow (1906-1965).
Read abstracts of these articles
Newly added to the site is the July 2025 edition of the journal which includes, amongst others, articles on how the latest dental analysis techniques can unlock the secrets of the past, personal reflections on an RDH overseas scholarship in 1981 and an innovative GDP teaching project in Sheffield in 1980 and Harry Goldman and his dental survey of boarded-out children in Cambridge covering 1906-1908.
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Contact the Dental Historian Editor, Paul Hellyer with any ideas for articles, submissions, letters or comments.