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

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Oral Surgery MAURICE J. HICKEY D.M.D., M.D. Professor of Oral Surgery The teach- ing of Oral Surgery to the undergradu- ate student poses many problems and we in the Oral Surgery Divi- sion are fully aware of these problems. We can not even attempt, in the limited time al- lotted to sur- gery, to make you accom- plished Oral Surgeons. Yet we have a definite obligation to you. We must give you the basic fundamental principles of surgery and interpret these principles as they apply to surgery of the mouth. We must acquaint you with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the mouth amenable to surgery. We must impress upon you the vital importance of aseptic technical and surgical cleanliness. We must show you, to the best of our ability the problems and complications of surgery. If we fulfill these objectives, we will have given you a concept of surgery that will remain with you the rest of your professional careers. Oral Surgery must be considered as a specialized form of General Surgery. Oral Sur- gery is as much a Surgical Specialty as Oto- laryngology or Ophthalmology. This fact has long been recognized but only recently acted upon. The accepted method for providing the public with the protection it is entitled to is by means of Specialty Boards. This is gen- erally accepted by the Medical Profession, and the public, when seeking specialized medical care, has learned to seek a Diplomate of ■ an American Board. Dentistry must, and will, ac- credit its specialist through Specialty Board Examinations. An American Board of Oral Surgery is now functioning. New York State has formed a regional board, to examine Oral Surgeons. Sev- eral . other states have established examining boards for Oral Surgery. This does not mean that a practicing dentist must be a diplomate of a specialty board to do Oral Surgery. It does mean, however, that to be accepted as a specialist in Oral Surgery, he will be expected to have fulfilled the requirements of training and have passed an examination based on these requirements. This progress in the certification of specialists in Dentistry will be slow but it will be inevitable. Only a few of you will be sufficiently inter- ested in surgery to go on and obtain the addi- tional training that is required. Many of you will find the amount of surgery in your practice is so small that you will not attempt it. Some of you will want to do some surgery as part of your practice. We in the Oral Surgery Division sincerely hope that you will obtain sufficient post-graduate training to enable you to do simple surgery wisely and safely. MAURICE J. HICKEY ADOLPH BERGER D.D.S. William Carr Professor of Oral Surgery 12

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CARL R. OMAN D.D.S. Professor of Dentristry GEORGE F. LINDIG D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry IRVIN L. HUNT D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry DANIEL M. KOLLEN D.D.S. Asst. Prof, of Dentistry WILLIAM MILLER B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry WM. H. SILVERSTEIN D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry EDWARD A. CAIN B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry HERBERT P. FRITZ B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry HAROLD SHERMAN B.S., DJ).S. Assistant in Dentistry JOS. E. FIASCONARO B.S., D.D.S. Assistant in Dentistry 11

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JOSEPH SCHROFF DOUGLAS B. PARKER F. S. McCAFFREY SAMUEL B1RENBACH 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 Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry ALBIN ' R. SEIDEL D.M.D. Presbyterian Hospital Consultant. F. A. STEWART. JR. A.B.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry WILLIAM J. SAVOY B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry MORRIS KAVELLE B.S., D. D.S. Instructor in Dentistry THEO. M. BUNDRANT D.D.S. Asst. in Dentistry 13