Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards
January 1947 – 1973
Commonwealth Department of Health laboratory in Melbourne that researched dental equipment, materials, techniques and processes and tested dental materials, such as amalgams and denture resins, for manufacturers against standards.
How it came into existence
Established in January 1947, when the Dental Materials Research Laboratory set up at the University of Melbourne about 1928 to study dental amalgam was renamed and transferred to the Commonwealth Department of Health. Some later accounts date the laboratory as a Commonwealth government laboratory from 1938, before the 1947 transfer.
How it ended
Abolished in 1973, its functions passing to the Australian Dental Standards Laboratory.
- Research into and testing of dental materials
Sources describe the bureau as abolished and its functions passed to the laboratory; in practice the change may have amounted to a renaming.
Main functions
- Research into dental equipment, materials, techniques and processes
- Testing of dental materials for manufacturers
- Testing against standards for dental materials such as amalgams and denture resins
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Health.
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Sources
Other sources
- Commonwealth Bureau of Dental Standards - Practical guides 1964 (University of Melbourne, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences collections)
- Brass mould (University of Melbourne, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences collections)
- Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, corporate body entry
- The history, evolution and current configuration of the Practical Guides (Australian Dental Association)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.