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[How to become a dentist in Sweden during the 19th century]. 1999

C O Henrikson

Two hundred years ago, in 1797, a decree from the Government stated that 50 so called "operators" within dentistry must undergo examination by the Royal Medical Board. It was only non-Swedish dentists who underwent examination until 1833, when the first Swedish citizen was approved as a dentist. He had been educated in France and in Germany. After 1840, the dental curriculum was based on private courses, such as lectures in anatomy, physiology and clinical training at a private dental practice. The result of the studies was dependent on the student's own initiative. When the Swedish Dental Association was founded in 1860, an organized and systematical work started in order to establish a Dental School run by the Government in Sweden. In 1898 this goal was reached.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008005	Licensure, Dental	The granting of a license to practice dentistry.	Dental Licensure,Dental Licensures,Licensures, Dental
D003813	Dentistry	The profession concerned with the teeth, oral cavity, and associated structures, and the diagnosis and treatment of their diseases including prevention and the restoration of defective and missing tissue.
D004497	Education, Dental	Use for articles concerning dental education in general.	Dental Education
D013548	Sweden	Country in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Norway. The capital is Stockholm.
D049672	History, 19th Century	Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.	19th Century History,19th Cent. History (Medicine),19th Cent. History of Medicine,19th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 19th Century,History of Medicine, 19th Cent.,History, Nineteenth Century,Medical History, 19th Cent.,Medicine, 19th Cent.,19th Cent. Histories (Medicine),19th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 19th (Medicine),Cent. History, 19th (Medicine),Century Histories, 19th,Century Histories, Nineteenth,Century History, 19th,Century History, Nineteenth,Histories, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 19th Century,Histories, Nineteenth Century,History, 19th Cent. (Medicine),Nineteenth Century Histories,Nineteenth Century History