75th anniversary of the NEBDN

The NEBDN was founded in 1943 and was originally titled the British Dental Nurses and Assistants Examining Board (BDNAEB).The driving force behind its formation was a general dental practitioner Philip E Grundy LDS, who lived and practiced in Leyland, Lancashire.

Philip Grundy was a visionary who dedicated his time, premises and a substantial amount of his own money to achieve his wish that dental nurses in the UK should have a ‘definite position and occupation’.He first envisaged a qualifying examination for dental surgery assistants in 1936 and, with the help of Colonel CH Howkins CBE DSC, Dean of Birmingham Dental School, he realised his goal of establishing a Board of Examiners for dentals nurses and assistants.