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

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CHILDREN ' S DENTISTRY The Division of Dentistry for Children of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University, has been in operation for seven years. Senior students spend one hundred hours of the school vear in lectures and in the children ' s dental clinic, which is independent of any other in the school. The students are taught to know thoroughly their child patients with the aid of a history and physical and dental examinations relevant to the needs of their work. Their cultural medical education enables them to recognize the physical condition of the children, and guides them in out- lining methods of management. They apply the knowledge of the technical work, specially suited to the needs of children, gained from lectures and individual clinical instruction. The following idealistic interjection may be pardonable. It is both probable and possible that the rapidly growing reverence for, and fuller understanding of, dentistry for children, may eventually so change the perspective of dentis- try as to reduce the magnitude of the technical superstructure. Its general contour would be much improved by the resulting svmmetrv and intimate coordination of its many equally important phases. The trend would be toward a more satis- factory orientation of the dental profession as an important adjunct in the science and art of healing. E. C. McBeath. HOUGHTON HOLLIDAY. A.B., D.D.S. Acting Associate Dean and Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry HARRY H. MULHAUS, Technician EVALD UNDER Technician EW ' IN ' G C. McBEATH, D.D.S., B.S., M.D. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry SOL. N. ROSENSTEIN, B.S.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistrv LEVTIS R. STOWE, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry RADIOLOGY In order to acquaint the student with the technique and mechanism of Roentgenology, thirty hours of the junior year are spent in the Xray room. Under the supervision of Dr. Holliday and the guidance of tw r o capable technicians, Mr. Mulhaus and Mr. Linder, the student radiographs all cases as they present themselves, gradually acquiring a knowledge of the various angulations and exposures which are so essential for an accurate diagnosis. In addition, a portion of the time is devoted entirely to the dark room designed to cover all phases of the subject. After thirty hours of conscientious work in this department, the student is thoroughly informed of the technical manipulations necessary in the study of Roentgenology, the theoretical consideration being emphasized to its fullest extent in the diagnosis department. Although the major portion of the work is technical in nature, the stu- dent comes in contact with a large number of cases so that his diagnostic ability is unwittingly enhanced in an empirical manner. H. G. B.

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CHAS. F. BODECKER, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry EDMUND APPLEBAUM, D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry WILLIAM LEFKOWITZ, D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry ORAL ANATOMY Oral Anatomy may be described as the first contact the dental student has with dentistry. Crowded as it is, amidst a lull freshman year of the basic medical sciences, its import as an applied science is not readily appreciated by the student and at the beginning of the course, one hears rather in- sistently the query, whether audibly or inaudibly, what is all this for? Every pure science has its reflected aspect in applied science. All knowledge is made definite use of in varying degrees, and the study of oral anatomy is applied in a very high degree to the profession of Dentistry. It is also true that the teaching of the morphology of the human tooth is not an easy problem. Variation in morphologic contour of human teeth as in all other life phases, is so vast, that copying an individual tooth cannot begm to give the student any real idea of the problem. For that reason, after a careful study of large numbers of teeth, it was found that a common denominator in mor- phological contour could be determined by stripping the variations. It must be emphasized that the common denomin- r ° ! ymme i nCal t0 ° th form does not present an IDEAL FORM but a BASIC FORM, which by slight modifications may be varied or individualized. M. Diamond. ORAL HISTOLOGY A knowledge of oral histology is useful as a practice builder. The preparation of a cavity for a filling is never an agree- able experience; young persons often suffer keenly during such operations. Dong clinical experience has shown that the treatment of a patient is more simple and less disagreeable when he has confidence in the operator than when he lacks it. A knowledge of oral histology imparts to the practitioner the ability to foretell pain, in this manner gaining the confi- dence of the patient. Some other practical applications of Oral Histology can be mentioned. The necessity of knowing the structure of the enamel in cavity preparation; the differ- ences in teeth of young and old persons resulting in their varying sensitivity; the nutritive organs of the dentin and cementum and many other facts concerning the dental tissues. The course gives the operator the necessary conception of the minute structure of the teeth and makes clinical work more interesting. Finally it aids in training dentists who, if they are careful and conscientious, will gain the confidence of their patients. Charles F. Bodecker. MOSES DIAMOND. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistr MICHAEL R. STEIN. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry JACOB ERDREICH, D.M.D. Assistant in Dentistry

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ftikvL HAROLD J. LEONARD, A.B., D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry WM. B. DUNNING, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry ISADOR HIRSCHFELD, D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry HOUGHTON HOLLIDAV, A.B.. D.D.S. Acting Associate Dean and Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry PERIODONTIA Twenty half days of clinical time and twenty hours of class time are devoted to Periodontia. The clinical work is based on prophylactic technic which is taught in the sopho- more year. Ten half days in the junior year introduce the subject, while ten in the senior year give practice and experi- ence in it. Each of the junior half day sessions is introduced by a half hour talk or demonstration on some practical phase of the work. A set of approximately a dozen special instru- ments is required. The technic taught is conservative with but little emphasis on the so-called surgical methods. The class room time is devoted to a study of histopathology, etiology, symptomatology, and various treatments. Systemic relationships, mechanical defects of occlusion, and Vincent ' s infection are given special emphasis. The courses are designed to give students an appreciation and understanding of perio- dontal diseases and their treatment in relation to other phases of dentistry, and to make them competent to deal successfully with the ordinary run of cases in their practice. H. J. Leonard. MRS. M. G. McKENZIE, Assistant to the Dean MRS. A L. FITZGERALD Secretary to the Dean HENRY W. GILLETT, D.M.D. Professor of Dentistry WM. B. DUNNING, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry