Recollected in tranquillity. A profile of Ernest Matthews. Interview by Colin Davis

Emeritus Professor Ernest Matthews, living in happy retirement in a delightful, small nineteenth century house in Petersfield, looks about 70 years old, and is in fact 17 years older. He has made many contributions to the advancement of dentistry, and we asked him, as he looked back over the years, how he saw the dental world today compared with 60 years ago when he qualified.