Sites for Research
Ancestry – UK, Dentist Registers, 1879-1942 [missing 1881-3, 1886-92]
Ancestry – UK, City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s [try searching “dental surgeon” as a Keyword]
BNF Gallica [French National Library archive]
Findmypast – Directories & Almanacs
History of Dentistry and Medicine Encyclopedia
Musée Virtuel de l’Art Dentaire
Newspapers.com [A US database which includes a large number of provincial UK newspapers as well as The Times, The Observer and The Guardian]
Oral History of Dentistry – Recordings from the John McLean Archive
Groups/Organisations
American Academy of the History of Dentistry
British Society for the History of Medicine
Henry Noble History of Dentistry Research Group (Glasgow)
History of Medicine Research Group (Open University)
History of Science, Medicine and Technology Research Group (Edinburgh)
Oral Surgery Club of Great Britain [Explore their archives 1936-1975]