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

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It is the rare dental student who does not, at least at some time during his training, ask why he must spend so many precious hours in the study of sub- jects classified as the basic sciences. Yet it does not require much reflection to realize that if the dental student ' s education were restricted to the learning of techniques without an understanding of biological principles, dentistry might flourish as a trade but would certainly die as a profession. The practice of dentistry today is different in many respects from that of earlier years. The den- tist of a century ago restricted his practice largely to the removal of infected teeth and to their replace- ment for esthetic reasons. Over the years the prac- tice has grown to include greater proportions of pre- ventive dentistry, periodontics, endodontics and or- thodontics, as well as improvements in restorative dentistry which now emphasize the biological as well as the technical requirements. The importance of elimination of oral sepsis to the general well-being of the patient required an un- derstanding of the process of inflammation and a knowledge of the role of bacteria in disease. The dramatic change in the management of infections with the rapid advance of chemotherapy and anti- biotic therapy within the past decade required in- tensive research in microbiology and ph armacology. Pharmacologic research has continued to give the practitioner more efficient anesthetics, analgesics, hemostatics and other agents to increase his arma- mentarium in the treatment of oral disorders. The etiology and mechanism of the caries process, although not yet completely understood, has come closer to elucidation with advances in the fields of microbiology, histology and biochemistry. Recent findings regarding the function of the sa- livary glands suggest that there is an intimate rela- tionship between these glands and some of the en- docrine glands, especially the thyroids and gonads. Caries researchers have, from time to time, pointed out that modifications in endocrine gland function may affect the caries rate in experimental animals. It remains for the future to disclose whethei and to what extent alterations in salivary gland function may affect dental tissues. BASIC SCIENCES The recording of action potentials of nerve and muscle tissues moved out of the physiology labora- tory and into a position of importance in clinical medicine. Recently great interest has attended the measurement of electromyograms in skeletal muscle. Already several attempts have been made to use this technique in such dental problems as the determina- tion of the intermaxillary distance at the so-called physiologic rest position. Others are using this method to investigate whether the development of certain types of malocclusions can be predicted from measurable alterations in activity of the oro-facial muscles. These are but a few of the more obvious examples of the close relationship which dental practice has with basic science research and serve to reinforce our belief that clinical dentistry cannot stand alone. We, as practitioners, in order to afford our patients the best of care, must continually remain informed of the activity and progress in those sciences upon which our profession is based. Dr. Nicholas DiSalvo lliam M. Rogers B.S., Ph.D. Harry H. Shapiro W. M. Copenhaver Dorothy D. Johnson Charles R. Noback Edmund Applebaum D.M.D. A.B., Ph.D. A.B., A.M., Ph.D. B.S.. M.S., Ph.D. D.D.S. 17 [arry P. Smith Wellington B. Stewart Henry A. Battels Martin Lunin B„ M.S, Ph.D. B.S., M.D. B.S„ D.D.S. D.D.S. Lester R. Cahn Harry B. Van Dyke D.D.S. B.S., Ph.D., M.D.

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trS «w» - r T. Mitchell Buiidrant Kourken A. Daglian Morris Fierstein D.D.S. B.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. Morris Kavelle B.S.. D.D.S. Alvin S. Nathan Fred Rothenh B.S., M.A.. D.D.S. D.M.D., D.D.; I Stanley S. Heller Bertram Klatskin Louis J. Loscalzo Robin M. Rankow Boaz Shattan Harold D Baun B.S., D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S. B.A., D.D.S. D.D.S., M.D. A.B., D.D.S. D.D.S: George A. Minervini Julian W. Anderson A.B., D.D.S. D.D.S. P Louis Man del George Galvin Robert LieDei B.A., D.D.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. Intern Intern WILLIAM J. SAVOY, B.S., D.D.S. Director of Oral Surgery ORAL SURGERY The pledged ideal of this graduating class is be complimented. To foster such a thought throug out one ' s lite, infers many self-sacrifices. It is n sufficient for one to give his all to his privs practice, for such is not truly gratifying. Practit as such, would not be stimulating enough to arous and keep aroused the ideas of research and aid one ' s fellow man. Several pathways are open to you, to stimula you throughout your professional life. Among the are dental internships and postgraduate courses. The internship broadens the basic education i the dentist; wherein he comes into closer conta with his patient; wherein he slowly adopts the a titude of his medical and surgical conferees, tht enlivening his interest in the eradication and all viation of disease processes. This in effect transpost him from a chair-side technician, to one truly inte: ested in the medical aspects of his work. The postgraduate course, enlivens a student in specific field, which will aid him in his future plan and make him more expert. Your training should not end here. Rather, th individual should project these instruments of ed cation into further usefulness, such as teaching, re search or clinical work. Where such ideals are carried into the teal-bin, field and with clinical work at hospitals for th needy and indigent, then only could dentistry trul come of age with medicine. Dr. William J. Savo '

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Herbert Bartelstone Frederick G. Hofmann Herbert D. Ayers, Jr. Maxwell Karshan Wesley Halpert B.S., D.D.S. Ph.D. A.B., D.D.S. B.S., A.M., Ph.D. D.D.S. Harry M. Rose A.., M.D. S. W. Tannenbaum Solon A. Ellison Magnus I. Gregersen Nicholas DiSalvo B.S., Ph.D. D.D.S. A.G., A.M., Ph.D. B.S., D.D.S., Ph.D. James P. Cattell M.D. Eval Linder Radiology SPECIALTIES CLINICAL ORAL PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH L. Laszlo Schwartz Charles M. Chayes Harold P. Cobin Barnet M. Levy Austin H. Kutscher Irwin D. Mandel D.D.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. A.B., D.D.S., M.S. D.D.S. D.D.S. fc «; i) Joseph A. Cuttita Arthur C. Totten A.B., M.S., D.D.S. D.D.S. Curl Proskauer D.M.D. Neal W. Chilton B.S., D.D.S., M.P.H. Robert Wrong Nicholas Vero UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE ADMISSIONS ADMISSIONS MUSEUM CURATOR PUBLIC HEALTH DENTAL TECHNICIANS