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

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GILBERT P. SMITH. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry MORELL D. McKENZIE. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry desire to do every operation as perfectly as it can be done, never to hesitate to remake a piece of work if improvement can be made, and to use and apply knowledge gained from rhe basic sciences. These desires and ideals are a very essen- tial part of our teaching, for upon them rest the standards of a professional man. Unless the graduate has been inspired to do only the best when he is in practise and on his way, then the most carefully outlined course of study has failed. The class of 1936 has had as instructors in the various courses of the prosthetic division seven full time and three part time teachers. This roll includes the names of Dr. Arthur Taylor Rowe, head of this division, and Dr. Paul Benjamin Wiberg. From a professional standpoint the loss of these teachers cannot be felt more keenly anywhere than in this division where they have worked and given of them- selves so freely. This class is fortunate to have known them so well and to have profited by their knowledge and pro- lessional ideals. William H. Crawford. d. j. v. Mclaughlin, D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry

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PROSTHETICS One of the great problems of a university is the training of men in the field of dentistry. When the university has discharged its duty and given its stamp of approval that a man is qualified to practise dentistry, there still remains before that person a long and arduous trail which must be traversed before he can cope efficiently with the perplexing problems which will confront him. At graduation the young dentist is provided with a foundation and a working knowl- edge of fundamentals which will enable him to grow and build. He has just learned to walk, so to speak, and if he is to climb far he must continue to study, observe, and apply himself. During the four years spent in the School of Dental and Oral Surgery at Columbia University each student devotes more than one-fourth of his time to subjects covered by the Division of Prosthesis. The first contact is as a freshman in prosthetic technique. At this time as well as in other courses which follow the staff makes every effort to impress upon the student the necessity for neatness and cleanliness in all dental operations and in personal deportment, to have the WM. H. CRAWFORD, D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry HARRY A. YOUNG, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, in Dentistry JOHN F. RALSTON, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry EARLE B. HOYT, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistr

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OPERATIVE MAURICE BUCHBINDER. B.S.. D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry GEORGE F. LINDIG, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry IRVIN L. HUNT, Jr., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry LEROY L. HARTMAN, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry OPERATIVE DENTISTRY One of the greatest problems confronting dentistry since the dawn of civilization is the one of dental caries. Out- standing among the unsolved diseases of the present day, this malady peculiar to the human race remains as a stumbling block to the progress of medicine and dentistry in spite of the ever-increasing efforts to combat the disease. At present medicine and dentistry are placing ever increas- ing emphasis upon prevention, and since dental caries is primarily a question of prevention, the nearest approach to this problem is thru the medium of operative dentistry. In combating disease the etiological factor must first be determined before measures of eradication and prevention may be instituted, and in the event this underlying cause cannot be discerned, then the next best therapeutic step must be taken — treat each individual symptom. And so is it in the disease of dental caries; because of its obscure etiology the treatment of dental caries resolves itself into a symptomato- logical one, just as any systemic disease of undecided etiology results in treatment of local symptoms. The symptoms of dental caries manifest themselves locally on the surfaces and interior of the teeth, and thus thru the medium of operative dentistry this disease is treated symptomaticallv thru preven- tive and constructive methods. A tremendous amount of experimental work has been done by research workers in an effort to determine the specific cause of dental caries, but with no ultimate success. The problem has been studied from all angles — chemically, bac- teriologically, physiologically and from a dietetic standpoint, and still this prevalent condition remains rampant in our modern civilization. In the meantime this disease must be treated; with operative dentistry as a most powerful weapon, dental caries is treated symptomaticallv, in .in attempt to eradicate locally the existing infection and prevent its further spread.