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

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Oral Surgery JOSEPH SCHROFF B.S.. M.D., D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry DOUGLAS B. PARKER M.D.. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry SAMUEL BIRENBACH D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry MAURICE I. HICKEY D.M.D., M.D. Professor of Oral Surgery Expressed in its simplest terms surgery is a technical skill combined with good judgment. The manual dexterity required for surgical pro- cedures can be acquired by any dental student capable of completing the dental school require- ments. All that is required is the necessary time and the desire. The good judgment, so essential to surgical practice, comes with experience. In the days of the development of Oral Sur- gery, technical skill and judgment were largely acquired at the expense of the patient. Unfor- tunately, unlike other surgical specialties, this is still true today of Oral Surgery. The days of the self trained general surgeon are over. This fundamental principle is more and more being accepted by the dental profession. Yet even today men graduate from dental school with the con- ception that the license to practice dentistry is all that is needed to become a surgeon. Persistence in this attitude can only lead to absorption of Oral Surgery into the other specialties of general sur- gery. This is a problem that only the dental pro- fession can solve. The medical profession once faced this same problem and solved it by indoc- trinating the Medical Student with the under- standing that post graduate education was essential before practice. When the dental student auto- matically accepts the fact that post graduate edu- cation is essential for specialty practice the problem of incompetent oral surgeons will be solved. There is no question but that every dentist who so desires should be competent to do the exodontia required in his own practice. To further this, every effort should be made to teach the undergraduate student as much clinical exodontia as time allows. Also the undergraduate student must realize that the allotted time is far too short to acquire any degree of skill in exodontia. Armed with this knowledge of his own weakness he should seek further training or avoid any surgery that may lead to complications which he is un- trained to cope with. Maurice J. Hickey THEO. M. BUNDRANT D.D.S. Assl. in Dentistry MORRIS KAVELLE B.S., D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry WILLIAM I. SAVOY U.S.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry ADOLPH BERGER D.D.S. William Can Professor of Oral Surgery

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Dentistry -0 J m ) I HARRY A. YOUNG HENRY R. JUNEMANN D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. voc. Pro , of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry MAX PLEASURE GEORGE HINDELS OSCAR E. BEDER SAUL MISCHELOFF ROBERT E. HERLANDS D.D.S.. M.S.P.H. B.S.. D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. 1st. Prof, of Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry Instructor in Dentistry WILLIAM J. MILLER A.B.. D.D.S. Instructor in Dentistry GUSTAV T. DURRER I. FRANK BOSCARELLI HOWARD |. ROGERS D.M.D.. D.D.S. B.S.. D.D.S. Inslr. in Dcnhil Technique Asst. in Dentistry Asst. in Dentistry

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Oral Diagnosis JACK BUDOWSKV JOSEPH A. CUTTITA D.D.S. A.B., M.S.. D.D.S. Asst. m Dentistry Asst. Prof, of Dentistry S. N. ROSENSTEIN B.S.. D.D.S. Assoc. Prof, of Dentistry We of the Division of Oral Diagnosis are especially gratified to see this issue of the Dental Columbian dedicated to Dr. Daniel E. Ziskin. His conception of teaching dental diagnosis form- ed the basis for the evolution of the division from one engaged in charting carious teeth to an ad- vanced scientific course. For his stimulating philosophy of teaching, for his efforts in correlat- ing oral and systemic disease, and for his valuable contributions to the dental literature and espe- cially to the fields of vitamin and hormone re- search, we feel this dedication is well deserved. Under his guidance the division made rapid progress and the true value of basic science knowl- edge has been applied to clinical practice. Every dentist must be a diagnostician. His examination of the oral cavity must bring to light all the facts related to dental, oral and medicai disease. He must have an exact understanding LEWIS R. STOWE D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry of the pathological processes, etiological factors both local and systemic, potential sources of dis- ease and early danger signals. The diagnostician should be familiar with a large variety of labora- tory tests and able to correlate the resultant infor- mation with the clinical findings. Only through possession of such factual knowledge and under- standing coupled with mature judgement will the dentist be able to render a skillful diagnosis. In an effort to improve and supplement the teaching of this vital subject certain innovations have been made to the curriculum. These include practical comprehensive diagnosis cases, weekly x-ray reviews and diagnosis seminars. The inter- est displayed by our undergraduates and post graduates and the valuable results derived, attest to the validity of such teaching methods. Lewis R. Stowe Clinical Research DAVID DRAGIFF B.S., D.D.S. Research Assistant in Dentistry H. F. SILVERS B.S.. D.D.S. Research Associate in Dentistry GEORGE STEIN M.D., D.M.D. Research Associate in Dentistry DANIEL E. ZISKIN D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Director of Laboratory jor Clinical Research