Royal Dental Hospital and School of Dental Surgery The Royal Dental Hospital (RDH) of London and School of Dental Surgery, located in south side of Leicester Square, London since 1901, was established in 1901, having previously been the Dental Hospital of London, founded in 1858 by the ‘Odontologicals’, including John Tomes (1815-1895 – the ‘father of dentistry in the UK), Edwin Saunders (1814-1901) and Samuel Cartwright Junior (1815- 1891) realised a need for training and raising standards in dentistry whilst fighting for links with the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The ‘Royal’ or ‘RDH’, granted Royal status by King Edward VII when he opened the Leicester Square building in 1901, closed when merged with the dental school of the United Medical and Dental Hospitals of Guy’s and St Thomas’ in 1985. The original RDH tie maroon black displays the multiple RDH crests, a copy of which generations of undergraduate dental students had to produce as part of their instruction in dental technology. A single crested tie followed Sometime in the 1970s, a rarely seen striped tie was produced.