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

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ORAL DIAGNOSIS HAROLD J. LEONARD, JOSEPH O. FOURNIER. A.B., D.D.S. D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Asst. Prof, of Dentistry LEWIS R. STOWE, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry While the term technique is not ordinarily associated with the field of Oral Diagnosis, there is nevertheless a form generally used in the execution of this branch of dentistry. This form has to do mainly with an orderly marshaling of facts learned in numerous departments and applying them to the solution of the problem as it arises. The student is taught the routine of mouth examination, and the identifying signs and symptoms of disease. But that is not enough. He must learn to reach out with mental facility and produce as many logical factors for analysis as the situation may seem to warrant. Thus the chief objectives in Oral Diagnosis instruction are to train the student in methodical thinking, in the ability to make deductions, and in the none too easy art of truly seeing the thing at which he is looking. Given proficiency in all these matters, he should be able to coordinate the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in this and other courses of study in such a way as to serve him best in making intelligent decisions for treatment planning when he is ready to launch forth on his own. D. E. Ziskin. DANIEL E. ZISKIN. D.D.S. Assistant Professor of Dentistry c, i. SgSt, SOL. N. ROSENSTEIN, B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry MORELL D. McKENZIE, D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry d. j. . Mclaughlin, d.d.s. Instructor in Dentistry HENRY J. POWELL. B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry

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DENTISTRY MILTON R. MILLER, B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry As a result of the painstaking and fruitful efforts of the men who have contributed to the progress of dentistry, cer- tain fundamentals and basic principles of operative dentistry were evolved; outstanding among them are Miller ' s chemico- bacteriological theory of caries, principles of focal infection, G. V. Black ' s principles of cavity preparation, manipulation and physical properties of filling materials. The course in Operative Dentistry attempts to inculcate into the minds of the students these basic principles which resulted from the gradual scientific evolution of Dentistry, so that they may be applied intelligently to the various prob- lems that may arise. No doubt many questions will arise which require only a standard form of treatment, yet there will be many more problems which vary from the normal to such an extent that the solution can only be obtained thru a combination of a knowledge of the basic principles and the ingenuity of the individual. During his four years at the school, the student is not expected to master all the technique of dentistry, for it is a physical impossibility to do so in so short a period. A thorough understanding of the systematic use of the various instruments and the principles upon which they are based is emphasized, rather than a mastery of their use in all dental operations. The amount of work accomplished in the infirmary is not of prime importance, for it is not indicative of the scientific aptitude of the student — intelligence is the fundamental quali- fication. Speed and manual dexterity may be acquired even- tually by empirical means, but a scientific attitude and logical mind can only be derived from intelligence and initiative. At the end of his four years of study at the school, the student should emerge with a well-grounded knowledge of the fundamentals of dentistry, which will act as a founda- tion upon which to bui ld a scientific and intelligent practice, and to act as a stimulus for further endeavors in the unex- plored fields of dentistry. H. G. B. EMERIC ANGELUS, D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry WILLIAM MILLER, B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry ¥M. M. LANCASTER, A.B., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry

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ORTHODONTIA LEUMAN M. WAUGH, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry HENRY U. BARBER. Jr. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry EDWARD G. MURPHY, ARTHUR C. TOTTEN. D.D.S. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry The course in orthodontia consists of lectures, laboratory instruction, and clinical demonstrations. The lectures, which are delivered by Dr. Waugh, cover the fundamentals of orthodontics. No attempt is made to fit the student for the practice of orthodontia as a specialty. The purpose is rather to make clear the many useful services which the dentist can render his patients by early recognition of the factors which will influence existing malocclusion or tend to exaggerate this condition in the future. In the laboratory, the student constructs several types of appliances. The result of these procedures is to impart to the student a knowledge of the mechanical principles by which orthodontists accomplished desired corrections. Uses as well as abuses of the appliances are pointed out by Dr. Barber and his staff. The third part of this interesting course consists of clinical demonstrations. During these weekly sessions the student is permitted to observe the progress of orthodontic treatment on clinic patients. A. S. FRANK E. RIANS, D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry HARRY GALTON, D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry MILTON S. TUCKER. L.D.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry GEORGE S. CALLAWAY, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry