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

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•PERIODONTIA HOI l.HTON HOLLIDAY HAROLD J. LEONARD FRANK E. BEIBE WILLIAM B. DUNNING ISADOR HIRSC HFELD A.B., D.D.S. A B . D.D.S. L.D.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Professor of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Professor of Dentistry Associate Prof. f Dentistry E THICS JURISPRUDENCE DENTAL MATERIALS HTGIENE PROPHYLAXIS HENRY W.GILLETT D.M.D. Professor of Dentistry WILLIAM B. DINNING D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry HERBERT D. AVERS. JR. A.B.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry ANNA V. HLGHEN D.M.D. Professor of Dentistry |i »SJ I ' HINE E. LUHAN D.D.S. Assistant Prof, of Dentistry

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PEDODONTIA A EWIX ' G C. McBEATH D.D.S.. B.S., B.M.. M.D. Professor of Dentistry LEWIS R. STOWE D.D.S. Associate Prof, of Dentistry SOLOMON X. ROSENSTEIN B.S.. D.D.S. Assistant Prof, of Dentistry Physical examinations of candidates for military and naval service are revealing an astonishingly high number of disqualifications, among which is a high percentage of dental defects. This appalling impair- ment of dental health in robust bodies emphasizes dentistry ' s enormous responsibility. These young men are representative of generations arising from about 1905 to 1920. As a dental practitioner during this period, I distinctly recall the derogatory and discouraginglv patronizing attitude of dentistry at large toward the few then interested in practic- ing dentistry for children. The task of caring for child patients was doubly difficult because of the lack of professional interest, and the traditional attitude of parents against the performance of any dental service for their children, except for immediate relief by the removal of the temporary teeth which would fall out in a few years anyway. Fortunately, dentistry began to consider seriously the efforts of those comparatively few crusaders. Amazing progress has been made from both preventive and reparative standpoints. Dentistry is now a well established and recognized health service and deserves the recognition it is receiving for the increasing universal education of parents and children as to dental health needs. Dental colleges are rapidly organ- izing and establishing departments for the teaching of dentistry for children. The young child of today is becoming a well-seasoned patient long before the disappearance of his deciduous teeth. The desire for attractive and comfortable mouths is fast transcending the unjustified fear of dental operations. It seems not too optimistic to predict that a much greater percentage of young adults from generations of the last decade or so will present a dental picture very different from those of preceding generations. Certainly there are many of today ' s children not receiving dental care. A thorough canvass of the profession must elicit means for absorbing a great percentage of these. Dentistry must feel obligated to muster its own forces for this increased service and thereby prevent the adoption of proposed drastic measures advocating outside inter- vention which would threaten the integrity of our proud and dignified profession. e. c. mcbeath. d.d.s.. m.d. ORAL PATHOLOGY LESTER R. CAHN D.D.S. Associate Prof, ot Dentistry 1 1 1 XR-i V B R 1 1-1 s B.S.. D.D.S. Assistant Prof, ot D ' ntistry

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SAMUEL R. DETWILER Ph.B.. A.M., Ph.D., M.Sc. Professor of Anatomy his to Log r PHILIP E. SMITH B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy A. E. SEVERIXGHAUS B.S.. A.M.. Ph.D. Assoc. Prof, of Anatomy ANATOMT HENRY MILCH A.B., M.D. Instructor in Anatomy ELIAS L. STERN JULIUS K. LITTMAN B.S., M.D. M.D. Instructor in Anatomy Instructor in Anatomy HARRY H. SHAPIRO WILLIAM M. ROGERS D.M.D. D.M.D. Asst. Prof, of Anatomy Asst. Prof, of Anatomy PHTSIOLOGT HORATIO B. WILLIAMS A.B.. M.D.. Sc.D. Datton Prof, of Physiology ERNEST L. SCOTT B.S., M.S.. Ph.D. Assoc. Prof, of Physiology 11 VRRY G. KING A.B., A.M.. Ph.D. 4sst. Prof, of Physiology