Benjamin William Fickling CBE (1909-2007), oral and maxillofacial surgeon and Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery.


Journal

British dental journal
ISSN: 1476-5373
Titre abrégé: Br Dent J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7513219

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 2022
Historique:
received: 01 06 2021
accepted: 13 06 2021
entrez: 10 6 2022
pubmed: 11 6 2022
medline: 15 6 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Ben Fickling was a dentist and doctor who played a major part in the development of oral and maxillofacial surgery as a specialised discipline. He designed several surgical instruments, published (with William Warwick James) Injuries of the jaws and face and translated Le Fort's work into English, both in wartime. He was a founder member of the British and International Associations of Oral Surgeons. Fickling planned and inaugurated the Royal College of Surgeons of England's first higher examination in general dental surgery and he was Dean of its Faculty of Dental Surgery from 1968-1971.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35689066
doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-4311-x
pii: 10.1038/s41415-022-4311-x
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

819-824

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the British Dental Association.

Références

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Son Paul's Tribute at the Service of Thanksgiving.
The Society of Old Framlinghamians. Benjamin William Fickling CBE. Available at http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/images/articles/BENJAMINWILLIAMFICKLINGCBEG1924-27.pdf (accessed May 2022).
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Riaud X. Treatment of Sigmund Freud's Maxillary Jawbone Cancer by Hans Pichler and Varaztad Kazanjian (1856-1939). J Trauma Treat 2015; 4: 1-4.
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Fickling B W, Pincus P, Boyd-Cooper B. M&B 693 in the saliva. Lancet 1939; 2: 1310.
James W W, Fickling B W. Injuries of the Jaws and Face. London: John Bale & Staples, 1940.
James W W, Fickling B. Experimental studies upon fractures of the upper part of the face. Rene le fort. Br Dent J 1941; 71: 85-98.
Le Fort R. Étude expérimentale sur les fractures de la machoire supérieure(Part l). Rev Chir de Paris 1901; 23: 208-227.
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Fickling B W. Cysts of the jaw: a long-term survey of types and treatment. Proc R Soc Med 1965; 58: 847-854.
Fickling B W. By dentistry out of surgery - the birth of a specialty. Aust Dent J 1972; 17: 178-187.
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Royal College of Surgeons of England. Fickling, Benjamin William. Available at https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:372770/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E000587%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier (accessed May 2022).
Daughter Julia's Tribute at the Service of Thanksgiving.
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Son Clive's Tribute at the Service of Thanksgiving.

Auteurs

Stanley Gelbier (S)

Honorary Professor and Head of the Unit for the History of Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, Tooley Street, London SE1 1UL, UK. sgelbier@aol.co.uk.

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