beers was a successful and notable dentist. after finishing his schooling in 1856, beers completed a dental apprenticeship. by the early 1860s, beers was a successful dentist and began publishing article in journals. in 1868, he founded canada's first dental journal, the "canada journal of dental science". although this publication failed, he went on to start the dominion dental journal in 1889, which eventually became the modern day journal of the canadian dental association. he also served as dean of quebec's first dental college - the dental college of the province of quebec, founded in 1892. in 1896 this college became affiliated with bishop's university as their dental faculty. he held the position of dean at bishop's for only a short time; differences in opinion regarding curriculum and concerns over the use of untrained dental assistants led beers to resign from the position.