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UK Dentists Gather to Mark the 200th Birthday of the World’s First Dentist

UK Dentists Gather to Mark the 200th Birthday of the World’s First Dentist

Dentists from all over the UK are gathering today (the 3rd June) to celebrate the 200th birthday of the world’s first proper dentist, Sir John Tomes. Sir John Tomes was born in Weston-on-Avon in 1815 and dentists are meeting at his grave to mark the landmark anniversary of his birth. When Sir John Tomes, fondly […]