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at this college is D. E. D. F.—Diplome de l'Ecole Dentaire de
France.
The course of study comprises a period of three years.
Ecole Dentaire pour preparation aux examens de l'Etat
(Dental School for preparation for state examination).
Examination for admission to Ecole Dentaire de Paris and
Ecole Dentaire de France is required. This examination is writ-
ten and oral. The oral examination comprises the following
branches: History of France, Geography, Arithmetic, either
Physics or Chemistry, either Algebra, Geometry or Mechanics,
either Zoology, Botany or Geology, either the English or Ger-
man language. Persons who have been in practice three or five
years, or are graduates from a medical faculty, or graduates from
some foreign dental college, may be admitted to the second or
third year's class.
The following dental associations are now in existence in
France:
Association Generale des Dentistes de France.
Societe Civile de l'Ecole et Dispensaire Dentaire de Paris.
Societe d' Odontologie de Paris; 57 rue Rochechouart.
Societe d' Odontologie de France, 3 rue de l'Abbaye.
Societe de Stomatologie, Paris.
Societe des Dentistes du Sud-Ouest, Bordeaux.
The dental journals of France are:
Le Progres Dentaire ; founded, 1874; Paris.
'L Odontologie ; founded, 1 880; 57 rue Rochechouart, Paris.
Revue Odontologiquc ; founded, 1880; 3 rue de 1' Abbaye; Paris.
Le Monde Dentaire ; founded since 1885; Paris.
Revue Internationale d' Odontologie ; founded, 1889; 2 rue
d'Amsterdam, Paris.
LAvcnir Dentaire ; founded, 1890; Paris.
The number of dentists in France is 2,000.
Our source of information regarding the history of dental
legislation in France has been "Code du Chirurgien-Dentiste,"
by Emile Roger and Charles Godon.
For other valuable assistance we are under obligation to Dr.
R. Heide, professor at l'Ecole Dentaire de Paris.