In the Early Middle Ages monks acted as medical doctors, surgeons and dentists. However in 1860 in Britain The Royal College of Surgeons launched the Surgeons Licence in Dental Surgery. To be included in the register you had to be certified otherwise you had to indicate you had practiced dentistry earlier than 1879. In Britain solely folks on the register were allowed to use the word 'dentist' or 'dental surgeon' However you did not need to be on the register to apply surgical procedure. Gradua...