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Huia Masters (Pick) Pickard (1909-2002): a pioneer of restorative dentistry

British Dental Journal volume 232, pages 407–411 (2022)Cite this article

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Huia Masters Pickard was a leading dental teacher of conservative and restorative dentistry in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. After war service and some general practice, he devoted himself to teaching undergraduates and training junior staff at the Royal Dental Hospital of London.

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  • Professor Pickard became a teacher when specialised dentistry was beginning to arise, with the UK, to some extent, copying the USA.

  • Conservative dentistry was one of the earliest special subjects to be taught in British schools.

  • In the time under discussion, there was evolution from conservative to restorative dentistry.

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Acknowledgements

Much assistance came from Edwina Kidd and Harold Preiskel. Help was also received from Angela Pack, Helen Nield and Rachel Bairsto.

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  1. Honorary Professor and Head of the Unit for the History of Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King´s College London, Guy´s Hospital, Tooley Street, London, SE1 1UL, UK

    Stanley Gelbier

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Gelbier, S. Huia Masters (Pick) Pickard (1909-2002): a pioneer of restorative dentistry. Br Dent J 232, 407–411 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-4041-0

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