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INTRODUCTORY.

A most urgent need amongst the dental profession is a brief
statement of the requirements exacted by the various States and
foreign governments for permission to practise dentistry. This
need is not limited to the nearly-three-thousand dental students
that the colleges graduate on an average each year in the United
States of America, but it is also felt by the colleges themselves,
the dental examining boards, and general practitioners (among
w^hom changes of location are occurring frequently). College
faculties have repeatedly applied to us for such information, also
members of examining boards, as well as the applicants for a
license to practise dentistry in this, or some other, country.
We therefore attempt to supply this need in form of a Guide,
publishing only the briefest statements requisite to give the
required information, quoting excerpts from laws when that
appears to be sufficient, and publishing the law in full in certain
cases, where it has been recently enacted, or for some special
reason. It would make an unwieldly volume were all the laws
printed in full (the law of Great Britain alone covering thirty-
two pages), so only the practical points are extracted and con-
cisely stated.
We do not claim that the information contained herein is
complete, or perfect, according to everyone's ideas on the subject,
but we do claim that this is the first attempt to present legal
dental requirements throughout the world in a systematic man-
ner, and the information obtained is from official sources of the
most reliable character, and of recent date.
Alphonso Irwin, D.D.S.
425 Cooper street, Camden, N. J.