But when it came time to perform most dental procedures, the dentist was the only one taking a hands-on approach. But thanks to government-funded research that took place at UAB in the 1960s, a new ...

Retired dentist Cynthia Harper recounts her early experiences of dental nursing in the not-always-swinging sixties. It was a cold November day in the 1960s and I had just begun what would now be ...