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

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William M. Rogers Harry H. Shapiro W. M. Copenhaver Dorothy D. Johnson Charles R. Noback Edmund Applebaum B.S., Ph.D. D.M.D. A.B., Ph.D. A.B., A.M., Ph.D. B.S., M.S., Ph.D. D.D.S. ANATOMY ■ m 2 1 Harry- P. Smith Wellington B. Stewart Lester R. Cahn A.B., M.S., Ph.D. B.S., M.D. D.D.S. PATHOLOGY Henry A. Bartels B.S., D.D.S. Martin Lunin D.D.S. Herbert D. Ayers, Jr. A.B., D.D.S. DENTAL MATERIALS BASIC SCIENCES Dentistry, to be a health profession, must involve more than just the use of technical knowledge developed to an exquisite degree. There must be a constant search for ways and means of preventing oral disease. This is our prime objective, upon which are superimposed the problems related to the treatment of disease. At this point in the development of dental science, we are in possession of only a few answers to the problems of etiology and prevention of oral disabilities. One of the most rewarding experiences open to you as professional men is the opportunity to meld seemingly unrelated facts into concepts which may prove helpful in preventing and treating disease. There are three areas in which you can work toward the objectives of your profession, each requiring specific talents and specialized information. These areas are teaching, research, and clinical practice. It is in clinical practice that the most dynamic interrelations of the technical and fundamental aspects of dentistry can be made. When you see your private patients, you will be required to bring into focus all that you have learned at Columbia. You will have to do this without the security of an instructor ' s presence, or your school ' s protection. To accomplish this, you must continue to be a student, constantly searching for a better understanding of diseases. Reading clinical journals will be one of your means of learning about significant clinical advances. To prevent your being deluded by. poorly supported concepts, you will have to evaluate critically every professional communication which you read. To develop sound judgment, you will have to keep abreast of advances in the basic sciences. This is necessary because most sound clinical con- cepts are predicated upon fundamental information derived from the basic disciplines. You will be deluged by literature from drug concerns as well as countless clinical reports urging you to try new therapeutic measures. To neglect worthwhile drugs and procedures is almost as wrong as employing unsound ones in the treatment of your patients. Oral and systemic diseases are interrelated in many ways. Knowledge of these disease processes will make it possible for you to take an active part, with the physician, in striving to restore the patient s health. You can, if you wish, confine your activities to restoring lost tooth substance — without concern for the etiology and prevention of disease. However, to do this is to morally resign from your profession in the face of the challenge of its most noble aims. Dr. Herbert J. Bartelstone 19

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ORAL SURGERY JOSEPH SCHROFF B.S., M.D., D.D.S. William Carr Prof, of Oral Surgery A question that arises often in the minds of the senior students in Dental School, is the place of Oral Surgery in his practice upon graduation. It has been my observation during my Oral Surgery lectures to the Juniors and Seniors that they are eager to learn as much as possible and are under the impression that by the time they are graduated, most problems in Oral Surgery should be within their ability to handle — at least theoretically. And it is just at this point and for this reason that the problems arise. The Dental School curriculum crowds into its four years a great deal of material, which in reality represents just the bare minimum necessary to lay the groundwork for proper professional practice. Each department of Dentistry realizes that there is not enough time for what it considers the proper and effective teaching of its subject. Oral Surgery is no exception. As teachers we all realize the problems and are content to develop a good background in our particular subject. We are not attempting to develop specialists — at least not on the undergraduate level. The field of Oral Surgery, in almost every instance, brings into play all the basic sciences as well as the manual dexterities. The proper combination of both requires con- centrated training and experience. The latter takes time to develop. There is no question tha t the general practitioner should be able to treat the average case that comes into his office. But of even greater importance is the fact that, first, the practitioner should be able to properly recognize the abnormal, and secondly, recognize his own limitations and when necessary refer the patient for proper treatment. This statement does not imply that the specialist is the only one qualified to handle these cases; rather, it is a challenge to the general practitioner, so that he can continue his professional growth in the field. Dr. Alvin S. Nathan lA William J. Savoy T. Mitchell Bundrant Kourken A. Daglian Morris Fiersteio Morris Kavelle Alvin S. Nathan B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. B.S., M.A., D.l Fred Rothenberg Stanley S. Heller Bertram Klatskin Howard B. Moshman Robin M. Rankow Boaz Shattan D.M.D. : D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S . A.B., D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S., M.D. A.B., D.D.S. 18 Harold D. Baurmash Harold Kresberg Louis J. Loscalzo A R . nns B.A. D.D.S. Stanley Sadies B.S.. D.D.S. Sam Turof George A. Miner vil B.S.. D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S.

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Harry B. Van Dyke Alfred Gilman Herbert Bartelstone Frederick G. Hofmann Maxwell Karshan B.S., Ph.D. M.D. B.S., Ph.D. B.S., D.D.S. Ph.D. B.S., A.M., Ph.D. Wesley Halpert D.D.S. PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY Harry M. Rose S. W. Tannenbaum Solon A. Ellison Magnus I. Gregersen Nicholas DiSalvo James P. Cattell A.B., M.D. B.S., Ph.D. D.D.S. A.G., A.M., Ph.D. B.S., D.D.S., Ph.D. MJ3. BACTERIOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY PSYCHIATRY BASIC SCIENCES SPECIALTIES L. Laszlo Schwartz Charles M. Chayes Harold P. Cobin D.D.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. Barnet M. Levy Austin H. Kutscher Irwin D. Mandel A.B., D.D.S., M.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. CLINICAL ORAL PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH Joseph A. Cuttita A.B., M.S., D.D.S. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS Arthur C. Totten D.D.S. GRADUATE ADMISSIONS Curt Proskauer D.M.D. MUSEUM CURATOR Neal W. Chilton B.S., D.D.S., M.P.H. PUBLIC HEALTH C P T Robert Wrong Nicholas Vero DENTAL TECHNICIANS 20