Main description:

The history of the dental program at Western University is a spirited and gritty story of grand visions, strong personalities, and contentious leadership. Focusing on the years from 1965 to 2015, Transforming Dentistry highlights Western University's ambitious plans to create and situate a dental program within a health sciences complex; the practical challenges involved in implementing a curriculum and populating a new school; the influence of key dental faculty, community dentists, and students in shaping the program; and the school's near closure during the 1990s.

David J. Kenny and Shelley McKellar detail how and why the training of dentists was transformed by science, technology, and individual educators. The book focuses on the unique aspects of Western's dental program and compares it with the programs offered at nine other Canadian schools. Today, the strong reputation of Western dentistry is a direct result of the ambitious visions, professional commitment, and steadfast leadership employed by London dentists and university educators over more than five decades.

Contents:

Foreword by Wesley J. Dunn, DDS

Introduction

1. Vision and Determination: President George Edward Hall and the London Dentists, 1945-1965
2. Founding Dean and Program Launch: Mobilizing Faculty, Students, and Space, 1965-1970
3. A Fledgling Faculty of Dentistry Grows and Adapts, 1970-1982
4. Research, Reorganization, and Clinic Renewal, 1982-1994
5. President Paul Davenport and Dentistry: Vertical Cuts, Merger, and Move, 1994-1999
6. Building and Renovation: Faculty, Alumni, and the DSB Addition, 1999-2006
7. Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry: Symbiosis, 2006-2015

Epilogue: Life after 50