Barry Scheer BDS LDS MPaedDent (1930-2022): Paediatric Dentist, Traumatologist and International Dentist

Barry Scheer was, in his time, a rare specimen in the UK; a private paediatric (pediatric in the USA) dentist. Most children were then treated under the National Health Service. He also rose to eminence as an academic, interested in treating a wide range of clinical issues, but especially leading a focus on traumatized teeth in an age when few mouth protectors were worn in the UK. Nevertheless, he found time for a very wide range of non-dental activities, some requiring much physical or mental stamina. He maintained contacts with many other dentists throughout the world, especially in the USA, often as co-members of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry.