. [Official program and souvenir of the congress . scountni. known as artificial dentures in ziii-canite zcork. Most of the members of thisclass have at some early period of theircareer been engaged as mechanics in thelaboratories of dental practitioners, beforesetting up in dental practice for themselves,consequently they possess to some extent aworking knowledge of mechanical den-tistry. The law of England, by a curious anom-aly, does not expressly forbid such prac-tice, although it stringently prohibits theuse of the title Dentist or Dental Sur-geon by such unqualified practitioners. The re
. [Official program and souvenir of the congress . scountni. known as artificial dentures in ziii-canite zcork. Most of the members of thisclass have at some early period of theircareer been engaged as mechanics in thelaboratories of dental practitioners, beforesetting up in dental practice for themselves,consequently they possess to some extent aworking knowledge of mechanical den-tistry. The law of England, by a curious anom-aly, does not expressly forbid such prac-tice, although it stringently prohibits theuse of the title Dentist or Dental Sur-geon by such unqualified practitioners. The result is that an imsatisfactory stateof the dental profession is in existence,which acts as a powerful deterrent toyoung men of education and honorable in-tentions entering dental schools and passingexaminations in the subjects of dentistry. The British pubhc. it should be men-tioned, is misled not only by the many andvarious specious devices in the use of titleswhich the wit of man is able to invent tocircumvent the law, but it is misled bv the a. 1—IncorporatLci Dental Hospital of Ireland Dublin —T1,p h,ii t . , t^ , Hospital of Ireland, DubHn. 3-Operatin. Roc, Dema. colS;, HellSis. plnlaT ° 42 A5 C-Ji. wording of the law itself; and, further-more, in a vast number of cases it is mis-led by the suggestion that true economy ispracticed in parting with the natural den-ture and substituting that produced by General Council of Medical Educa-tion of Great Britain and Ireland, theBritish Medical Association, and the British Dental Association are all engaged with theLegislature in an honorable attempt toamend the present state of the law, but thewar is at the moment paralyzing theirefforts. At the conclusion of the war, it isto be hoped that a brighter future may bein store for the dental schools and for den-tistry in connection with the public health. Ireland By A. VV. W. B.\KER, Esq., L. D. S., I. M. D„ F. R. C. S. taken by Mrs. A. VV. VV. Baker.
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