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Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896 - 1960) |
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| Born: 11 November 1896 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia. Died: 6 August 1960 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. | |
| Gordon Ord Lawrence began his dental training in Western Australia where he apprenticed to James Alexander Wright for eighteen months. He had a short stint with the Australian Imperial Force then moved to Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Dentistry (1922). Three years later he was appointed dental house surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital and from 1930 was their honorary dental surgeon. Lawrence also worked in private practice and taught at the University of Adelaide. He invented the Lawrence Matrix instrument which received world acclaim for its advancement of the restoration of compound cavities. |
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