John Rayne was born on 18 May 1932, the son of a dentist. He was educated at University College School, London, before graduating from the Royal Dental Hospital School of Dental Surgery in 1955 and, following house officer posts and military service in the RAF Dental Branch, embarked on a career in

Edmund Mai Hiong Tay was a professor of prosthetic dentistry and dean of the dental faculty at the National University of Singapore. He was born in Sapong, a small town about 100 miles from Jesselton, British North Borneo, the son of a Chinese planter, Tay Geok Chun and his wife, Mdm Yap Ngo Neo. Hi