| Year | Events |
| 1929 | In 1929, the Dental School in Singapore had its beginnings in a disused ward of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Professor E.K. Tratman was appointed Head of the Dental School of the King Edward VII College of Medicine on 17 November 1929. Mr GH Stephens became Dental Mechanic on 2 November 1929. |
| 1930 | 9 entered 3-year course 2 graduated in 1933 First intake of (9) dental students for a 3-year course. Who were the 9 dental students in the 1st intake? Two students from this first batch graduated in 1933. See row 1933. |
| 1931 | 4 entered 4-year course 3 graduated in 1935 Second intake of (4) dental students for a 4-year course. Three students from this batch graduated in 1935. See row 1935 |
| 1932 | 15 entered 4-year course # graduated in 1936? Third intake of (15) dental students. This batch graduated in 1936. See row 1936 |
| 1933 | # entered 4-year course 2 graduated in 1937 (1st graduates) Fourth intake of (?) dental students. How many were in this batch? Who were they? This batch graduated in 1937. See row 1937 In 1933, two dental students from the first batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS) in the 3-year dental course. Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1933) = 2 Philip Khoo Lip Chuan Teo Lam Chye |
| 1934 | # entered 4-year course No graduates Fifth intake of (?) dental students. How many were in this batch? Who were they? |
| 1935 | # 4-year course 3 graduated in 1938 (2nd graduates) Sixth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1938. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1935, three dental students from the 2nd batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1935) = 3 Lim Choon Guan Ong Kee Yeam Yap, BK |
| 1936 | 17 entered 3-year course 4 graduated in 1940 (3rd graduates) Seventh intake of (17) dental students. This batch graduated in 1939. Who were they? In 1936, four dental students from the 3rd batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1936) = 4 RM Armstrong Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din Lim Keong Hoe Peter M Tsutada Dr Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din was in the 3rd batch of dental students. Dr Abdul Karim graduated as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery (LDS) in 1936 along with RM Armstrong, Lim Keong Hoe and Peter M Tsutada. |
| 1937 | # entered 3-year course 4 graduated in 1940 (4th graduates) Eighth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1940. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1937, four students from the 4th batch of dental graduates were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1937) = 4 Khoo Chik Lee (Miss) Khoo Eng Poh Tay Teck Eng BRO Willis |
| 1938 | # entered 3-year course 8 graduated in 1941 (5th graduates) Ninth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1941. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1938, eight dental students from the 5th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1938) = 8 Chan Kee Loong Chiam Koon Nam AC George Leong Min On Lim Keng Eok S Maschoieff (Miss) Oh Chhon Hock M Subrahmaniam In 1938, the new Dental School and Clinic Building was opened. |
| 1939 | # entered 4-year course 9 graduated in 1942 (6th graduates) Tenth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1942. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1939, nine dental students from the 6th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1939) = 9 Cheim Chong Woo Leaw Khin Siong Lim Chin Aik Lim Som Chuan Mohamed bin Taib Nurudin bin Mohd Salleh Oh Lock Heng Tan Miang How Henley Wong Malay dentists who graduated in 1939 were Dr Mohamed bin Taib and Dr Nuruddin bin Mohd Salleh. Dr Mohamed bin Taib and Dr Nuruddin bin Mohd Salleh graduated in the 6th batch of dental graduates in 1939 before the Dental School was temporarily closed from 1939 to 1945 because of the Japanese war in Malaya and Singapore. |
| 1940 | # entered 3-year course 7 graduates passed (5th graduates) In 1940, seven dental students from the 7th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1940) = 7 Au-Yeong Siew Thoong Goh Liang Thye Hassan bin Mohamed Hu Wei Ming Ibrahim bin Mohd Yassim Ow Swee Liang (Miss) HC Sandosham |
| 1941 | In 1941, seven dental students from the 8th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). |
| 1942 | In 1942, five dental students from the 9th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). This must be the last batch of dental graduates before the war. |
| 1939-1945 | Second World War (WWII) / Japanese War / Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore / Perang Jepun The Dental School was closed temporarily from 1939 to 1945 because of war. |
| 1945 (post-war) | When did the Dental School resume teaching? 1946 |
Sources:
NUS Faculty of Dentistry
Accessed on 14 May 2011
NUS Faculty of Dentistry
http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/roll/rollmain.html
Accessed on 16 May 2011
Lee YK. Jottings on the history of dentistry in Singapore. Centennial of Medical Education.
Singapore Med J 2006; 47(4): 346
1 comments:
Dental schools usually provide only routine dental work to the public in order to give students practice. Sophisticated procedures like implants are not normally available to most people.
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