Professor David Philippe Walther (1909-1974) and the development of orthodontics at the Royal Dental Hospital of London

Professor Philippe Walther was a major player in the development of orthodontics in the United Kingdom in the post-war years, especially at the postgraduate level. He and colleagues at the Royal Dental Hospital of London (RDH) and the Eastman built on existing service and education programmes to develop a highly successful one-year postgraduate course at the RDH, leading to the Diploma in Orthodontics exam of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He also helped to build a major unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.