Editing King's College London (section)

==== Faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial Sciences ====
The faculty of dentistry, oral and craniofacial sciences (formerly the dental institute) is the [[dental school]] of King's and focuses on understanding disease, enhancing health and restoring function.<ref name="dental">{{cite web |title=Dental Institute – About the Institute |url=http://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |publisher=Dental Institute |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031410/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/welcome-from-the-dean.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the successor of education carried out at Guy's Dental Hospital, the [[Royal Dental Hospital]]'s London School of Dental Surgery, and King's College Hospital Dental School. These became a single institution in 1998 with the merger of the united medical and dental schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals with King's school of medicine and dentistry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dentistry/about/history|title=Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences {{!}} History|publisher=King's College London|access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref>

The history of dentistry education at the institutions that would eventually become the faculty started in 
1799, when Joseph Fox gave a series of lectures on dental surgery at Guy's Hospital and was appointed dental surgeon in the same year.<ref name="guysdental">{{cite web |title=Guy's Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/guys-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> [[Thomas Bell (zoologist)|Thomas Bell]] succeeded Fox as dental surgeon either in 1817 or 1825.<ref name="guysdental" /> [[Frederick Newland-Pedley]], who was appointed assistant dental surgeon at Guy's Hospital in 1885, advocated the establishment of a dental school within the hospital, and he flooded the two dental schools in London, the Metropolitan School of Dental Science and the London School of Dental Surgery, with patients to prove that a further hospital was needed.<ref name="guysdental" /> In December 1888, Guy's Hospital Dental School was established.<ref name="guysdental" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kabir |first1=Alamgir |title=Feature—Frederick Newland-Pedle |journal=Guy' S Gazette |date=May 1995 |volume=109 |issue=2447 |pages=151–167 |url=http://www.gktgazette.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Volume-109-No-2447-May-1995.pdf|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Guy's Hospital Dental School was recognised as a school of the University of London in 1901. In the 1970s, since there was a decline in the demand for dental services, the [[Department of Health (United Kingdom)|Department of Health]] of the UK suggested that there should be a decrease in the number of dental undergraduate students as well as the duration of all courses.<ref name="guysdental" /> In response to the recommendations, Royal Dental Hospital of London School of Dental Surgery amalgamated with the Guy's Hospital Dental School of the [[United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals]] on 1 August 1983.<ref name="guysdental" />

The establishment of King's College Hospital Dental School was proposed by [[William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden|Viscount Hambleden]] at a Hospital Management Committee meeting on 12 April 1923. The dental school was opened on 12 November 1923 in King's College Hospital.<ref name="kingsdental">{{cite web |title=King's College Hospital |url=http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dentistry/hospital-histories/kings-college-hospital |website=The birth of modern dentistry |publisher=King's Collections|access-date=29 January 2016}}</ref> Under the 1948 National Health Act, King's Medical and Dental School split from King's and became an independent school, but the school remerged with King's in 1983.<ref name="kingsdental" /> The school further merged with the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals in 1998.<ref name="kingsdental" />