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

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HENRY SAGE DUNNING, D.D.S., M.D., B.S. Professor of Dentistry ADOLPH BERGER, D.D.S. William Cam Professor of Dentistry JOSEPH SCHROFF DOUGLAS B. PARKER FRANCIS S. McCAFFREY SAMUEL BIRENBACH B.S., M.D., D.D.S. M.D., D.D.S. B.S.. D.D.S. D.D.S. Associate Prof, of Dentistry Associate Prof, of Dentistry Associate Prof, of Dentistry Assistant Prof, of Dentistry KENNETH F. CHASE D.M.D. Instructor in Dentistry

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WILLARD C. RAPPLEYE A.M., M.D. Dean HOUGHTON HOLLIDAY A.B.. D.D.S. Associaie Dean

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DRAL SURGERY Despite the fact that Oral Surgery is generally considered to be a rather select specialty of Den- tistry, it is still, of necessity, an extremely important part of any dental curriculum. The dental graduate is expected to be able at least to recognize and understand if not treat all pathology existing in his field of operation, which is the oral cav- ity, and its investing structures and tissues. It is no more reasonable to expect a dental student to be im- mediately qualified for a specialized practice of Oral Surgery than it is to expect a medical student to be proficient in surgery of the brain or gynecology even after a hospital internship. The reason for this is, the lack of time in a four year course and the large num- ber of specialties in both medicine and dentistry. However, the complete dental curriculum does include a relatively intensive training in broad surgical prin- ciples as well as general and regional pathology. In this consideration, it is more important and more practical for the student to be given a complete training in fundamentals and principles rather than in experience through sheer volume of work done in school. The field of Oral Surgery as a whole is a large one but is as yet quite obscure and undefined. It is one of the oldest specialties of Dentistry and as a matter of fact is so far advanced in scope that it is now being split into two separate subdivisions; those of Oral Surgery proper and Exodontia. Exodontia is gen- erally conceded to be within the natural domain of the Dentist. However, parts of Oral Surgery have been variously claimed by: the general surgeon, the rhinologist, the orthopedic surgeon and the otolaryn- gologist as well as the dentist. It is difficult to define the function or logical field of each one of these specialists in Oral Surgery. How- ever, if the dental curriculum does include an ade- quate training in fundamentals, principles and theory, it should be sufficient to train the dental neophyte to be able to diagnose all oral pathology, treat most surgical problems which present in the general prac- tice and at the same time provide him with a solid basic foundation of Oral Surgery upon which to build a superstructure of specialized practice after suitable post-graduate training. msrm JOSEPH L. McSWEENEY D.D.S. Assistant In D ALBIN R. SEIDEL D.M.D. Instructor in Dentistry F. A. STEWART A.B., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry ROBERT NORTHROP D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry