Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery - Dental Columbian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ORAL HENRY SAGE DUNNING, B.S., D.D.S., M.D. Professor of Dentistry I presume that it is expected that I treat upon the problem of oral surgery as it affects the graduate of dentistry. To obtain a clearer perspective of the subject we should consider the progress made in dental education and more especially in dental practice during the past two decades. There are strong indications that dentistry with its comprising specialties is becoming more and more identified with medical health problems. Many factors are responsible for this some- what obscure but nevertheless definite trend. Of great importance, no doubt is, the medical content inherent in dentistry. You are to be congratulated upon entering your professional activities with a preparation which will make it possible for you actively to enhance this salutary trend which will insure you an ampler scope of usefulness and a richer professional life. The public you are to serve conceives the dentist as a doctor who is proficient in the diagnosis and treatment and has a thorough knowledge of the local manifestations and systemic relationships of diseases of the teeth, their investing tissues and the oral region. Surgery of the oral cavity must be based upon the same medical and surgical precepts as other phases of surgical practice. An im- portant part of the work closed under oral surgery is inherently a part of dental surgery and the interest and activity of the dental profession in this field is a natural development. Therefore the training of the undergraduate in this field is a perennial problem. Work performed is the surety of the work that will be performed in the future, state Dr. Daniel C. Gillman. In a broader consider- ation this is very true. It woud be impossible and undesirable to attempt to qualify undergraduates as specialists in oral surgery. It is essential, however, to educate the dental student in the principles of surgery as these teachings have an abundant application in every phase of dental prac- tice. They should have a comprehensive knowledge of the various pathological conditions, injuries and abnormalities about the oral cavity. A sound basic training and experience in the removal of teeth and the simpler surgical procedures incidental to this operation which members of the dental profession in general are called upon to perform, are requisites. As much of this work is being performed under local anesthesia, adequate training in its administration is essen- tial. Besides, local anesthesia has broad application in the modern practice of dentistry. A theoretical and a clinical observation course in the administration of general anethesia is desirable. The adminis- tration of general anesthetics, however, implies graver responsibilities which neither the medical nor the dental student can adequately master during the undergraduate curriculum. JOSEPH SCHROFF, DOUGLAS B. PARKER, FRANCIS S. McCAFFREY, B.S., M.D., D.D.S. M.D., D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Asst. Prof, of Dentistry SAMUEL BIRENBACH, D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry KENNETH F. CHASE, D.M.D. Instructor in Dentistry