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

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Oral Surgery HENRY SAGE DUNNING D.D.S., M.D., B.S. Professor of Dentistry In 1906 the vriter had the privilege of or- ganizing the first Oral Sur- gery clinic and department in the City of New York a t the then well known New York College o f Dentistry, now the New York Univer- sity School of Dentistry. For thirty-five years the author of this little article has endeavored to train and equip dental graduates to become den- ' tal surgeons in the true sense of the word. Sur- gery of the mouth and jaws had been greatly neglected and overlooked as a surgical specialty for a long while, and you young men are really fortunate in living in this day and age when oral and dental surgery is a recognized branch of general surgery. After graduation you will be called upon in your professional life to treat surgical conditions of the mouth and jaws. Many members of the senior class will enter, it is hoped, the dental corps of the United States Army or Navy and as dental officers in the service of your country you will be in a position to render special dental and surgical care to members of the armed forces who are giving their all for their country- You will have a greater responsibility individually and collectively than any class that we have grad- uated in the last twenty-five years. We have tried to give you the opportunity to observe and follow the treatment of the many deformities, injuries, diseases and neoplasms of the mouth and jaws. ' e have striven to teach you local anesthesia, the practice of asepsis in the treatment of wounds and the general care of the surgical patient. This has been done by lec- tures, demonstrations and section work in the Oral Surgery clinic. We have struggled to in- culcate in you the principles that govern surgery in any part of the body, and to make you feel that you are a surgeon and a member of the great surgical family. This we have tried to do, but yet we want you to remember always that you are dental surgeons whose work is limited to the oral cavity. We hope that you will appreciate your opportunities to render valuable sei ' vice to suf- fering mankind and be aware of your responsi- bilities and limitations. You have received a fine, thorough training here at Columbia and I hope that you have been stimulated sufficiently bv your teachers to further prepare yourselves for your professional work. In order to do this you must continue your studies, you should ob- tain internships, you should work in hospitals and clinics, and you will, I am sure, offer your services to your country in this time of nation- al emergency. The oral sur- gerv staff joins me in wishing you Godspeed and the best of luck in your future work. ADOLPli BERGER. D.D.S. K illiam Cnrr Professor of Oral Surgery 12

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CARL R. OMAN, D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry GEORGE F. LINDIG, D.D.S. Assisfant Prof, of Dentistry ■ r 4 IRVIN L. HLNT. Jr. MILTON R. MILLER HERBERT P. FRITZ EDWARD H. KOCH D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. A.B.. D.D.S. instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Assistant in Dentistry RICHARD CARSON B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry ROBERT I. MASON A.B., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry BERNERD 0. A. THOM.AS D.D.S., M.S. Instructor in Dentistry - .Hn WILLIAM MILLER B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry 11

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o iggt, «S • - I i kJ » JOSEPH SCHROFF DOLGLAS B. PARKER FRANCIS S. . kLAFFKEY SA.MUEL BIRENBACH B.S.. -M.D.. D.D.S. M.D.. D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry Assistant Prof, of Dentistry KENNETH F. CHASE ALBL R. SEIDEL F. A. STEWART. Jr. ROBERT X NORTHROP D.M.D. D.W.D. A.B., D.D.S. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry JOSEPH L. McSWEENEY MAURICE J. HICKEY FREDERICK S. DOSCHER D.D.S. D.M.D.. M.D. B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry Instructor in Surgery Assista nt in Dentistry 13