Peta Smith was head of the department of paediatric dentistry at King’s College Hospital, London. She qualified from the London Hospital Dental School at a time when it was the acknowledged centre of undergraduate teaching in what was then known as paedodontics. After gaining her FDSRCS and ha

Vernon George Rice was a dental surgeon whose last known address was in Camberley, Surrey. He was born on 28 November 1928. His mother’s maiden name was Wilmott. He studied dentistry at Guy’s Hospital, London and qualified in 1950. He gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Roy

Malcolm Pendlebury died suddenly on Sunday 26 September 2004 at his home in Nottingham; he was 65. Dean of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) 1997-2000, Malcolm was one of the profession’s enthusiasts with a wide range of interests in clinical dentistry, teaching and research, and will

Tom Kolb was a dentist in Cirencester with a particular interest in children’s dentistry. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Ian Irvine Wilson, the son of Leonard and Dorothy Garland Irvine, was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 October 1920. After education at John McGlasher College he went to the University of Otago to graduate in dentistry at the age of twenty-one. After three years in dental practice he returned

Barrie Evans was a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Southampton General Hospital. Born to Australian parents in India on 10 December 1946, he came from a family with a long tradition of horse racing, hence a diverse education that took him to England, India, Hong Kong and Australia for h