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quires a certain license to practice, and this license is, further-
more, always given with a local limit.
The opinion was that no more candidates ought to be admit-
ted to the dental examination than would be able to secure license
to practice, the conferring of a license being regulated by the de-
mand for dentists at that time. Owing to a similar view, the
privilege to appear at an examination has also been governed by
the permission from the Chancelly, and later from the Depart-
ment of Justice.
Such was the state of things until 1873, when, by the power
of a royal decree, dated February 19 of that year, a regular ex-
amination was required of the candidate. "The common pre-
paratory examination" entitled to admission to this regular dental
examination. Before 1873 there was required of the student, or
applicant, only a common technical knowledge; but at that time
an examination in prosthetic dentistry or "technics" was intro-
duced, consisting of making and inserting artificial teeth, which
was to be passed, before the candidate was permitted to undergo
the final examination.
According to the royal decree of June 19, 1888, a clinical
examination was added, and a school of dentistry was established
where instruction in theoretical and clinical dentistry for the
dental examination was to be had.
The instructors are: A President, who must be a "docent" of
Surgery of the Medical Faculty of the University, and two pro-
fessors in the clinical and theoretical branches, the first of which
shall be a physician practicing in Copenhagen. The other must
have passed the medical examination at the University.
Persons who seek admittance to this school must have
passed the common preparatory examination (as per the royal
decree of August 30, 1881), and have studied dentistry with a
dentist in Denmark.
The student who seeks admission to this school shall, accord-
ing to an ordinance from the Minister (Secretary) of the Church
and Instruction Department (issued October, 1892), have studied
dentistry with a practicing dentist in Denmark at least one year
before he is admitted to the school.
Since 1888 the students are required to possess a degree cor-
responding to the degree of A. M. in the United States before
they are admitted to the school.
Before the student can be admitted to the technical examina-
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