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dentistry in the city of Drammen; in 1848, in Christiania, and in
1849, in Bergen.
In 1852 a license to practice dentistry in the city of Drammen
was conferred upon L. Wennevold without examination. He had
studied in Germany.
The next movement in dental legislation dates from 1857,
September 9. A royal resolution of that day rules that the Ex-
amining Committee shall consist of two physicians, and one dent-
ist, one who has passed an examination preferred, and further,
that this committee shall meet twice every year in Christiania.
The candidate shall pass an oral examination in the anatomy and
physiology of the teeth, gums and other parts of the mouth. The
practical examination consists in making one, more or less com-
plete, superior and inferior artificial case, said cases to correspond
with each other.
The dental education at this period differed in many respects,,
especially in regard to its theoretical parts.
In order to acquire a greater proficiency in the practical parts
of the profession, the prospective dentist usually went to Ger-
many, France, England, or Denmark, and, at a later period to
the United States. The apprenticeship varied between three
months and ten years.
A royal resolution of November 5, 1881, says that persons who
desire to pass the dental examination must show a certificate that
they have studied at least two years with an authorized dentist,
and that they possess a certain degree of school education. This
resolution went into force January 1, 1884.
The next ordinance relating to the dental education is dated
March 14, 1892, and went into effect in 1894. According to this,
the course of study must extend over a period of three years, and
a written examination is added to the oral and practical. The
oral examination comprises Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology,
Therapeutics, Physics and Chemistry. The Examination Com-
mittee consists of two physicians and two dentists.
A dentist must be twenty-one years of age before he can be
authorized to practice.
It is obligatory for every dentist practicing in Norway to
send a yearly report to the State Board of Health regarding his
practice.
A Polyclinic for Diseases of the Teeth and for the instruction
of students was established in Christiania in 1893, the "Storthing"