History books
These are all available for loan from the BDA library.
More information about borrowing is available on our
Loans page.
New to the "Dental schools, association and societies list"
A Century Of Care - A History of The Medical and Dental Defence Union Of Scotland by N Muir and D Bell. The Medical and Dental Defence Union Of Scotland, 2002.
Lists by subject
Rare book collection
The BDA library has a large collection of rare books from the 16th to the 20th centuries. A catalogue of the collection as it existed then was produced in 1964 and
may be viewed here. Since then the 20th century collection has expanded and book records for these and some of the older rare books exist on our
online catalogue along with links to full text versions where available.
Researchers may visit the library with prior permission.
If you are interested in reading more online about the history of dental instruments then have a look at the
BDA Dental Museum pages.
If you are a BDA member and would like to see a list of our books on a particular aspect of dental history please email
library@bda.org and we will prepare one for you.
Alternatively if you would like a list of articles published on a particular aspect of dentistry then as a BDA member you can
request a free literature search from us.
