Educating dentists--the value of the research environment

I hope, ladies and gentlemen, that you agree with my opening statement that 'during the immediate past century, a dramatic improvement of oral health and dental status occurred on a world wide basis.' In my opinion, the combined efforts from dental educators, dental researchers and dental clinicians have, without doubt, been the actual initiators and generators for this improvement working along the traditions of dental scientists such as Sir Wilfred Fish.