Corporate Body

Dental Materials Research Laboratory (1928 - 1947)

From
1928
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1947
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Summary

The Dental Materials Research Laboratory was established by 1928 at the University of Melbourne by metallurgist Neill Greenwood and dental scientist Frank Wilkinson. Its initial research focus was on the properties of dental amalgam. It was renamed the Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards and transferred to the Commonwealth Health Department in 1947.

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 1928 - 1947 Dental Materials Research Laboratory
       1947 - c. 1973 Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards
             c. 1973 - 1985 Australian Dental Standards Laboratory

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Published resources

Books

  • Chong, Joan A.; Tyas, Martin, The Australian Dental Standards Laboratory 1938-1975 [includes Epilogue 1976-1988] (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988), 107 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Richardson, J. F.; Worner, H. K., 'A micro-hardness instrument for studying surface hardness', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 217-222. Details
  • Richardson, J. F.; Worner, H. K., 'Impact tests on some dental vulcanites and acrylic resins using a guillotine-type machine', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 49 (1945), 96-102. Details
  • Worner, H. K.; Anderson, M. N., 'Consistency tests on dental and surgical plasters and casting investments', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 47 (1943), 217-230. Details
  • Worner, H. K.; Anderson, M. N., 'Biting force measurements on children', Australian Journal of Dentistry, 48 (1944), 1-12. Details

Ken McInnes

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