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

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William A. Verlin, A.B., D.D.S., Aul. Clin. Prof. Julian Schroff, B.S.. D.D.S., Assl Clin. Plot. Arnold Rosenberg, B.S., George Kiriakopoulos, D.D.S., Instructor A.B., D.D.S. Instructor Bernard Nathanson, B.S.. D.D.S. Instructor Lawrence Marder, A.E D.D.S., Instructor Phillip Kutner, B.S., D.D.S., Instructor Mark Benes, B.A., D.D.S., Assistant Jerry J. Adelson, A.B., D.D.S., lecturer pedodontics The theme of the 1959 DENTAL COLUMBIAN. Change in Relation to the Future of our Profession. implies an interesting and stimulating challenge for the individual dentist. With sound early training and recognition of fundamental principles, the dentist can meet whatever challenge lies ahead and solve the problems which accompany changing conditions. Several social changes have occurred in recent years which are affecting directly the character of dental practice. One such change in particular, the movement of large segments of urban population to suburban and semirural areas, has created a great demand for adequate dental service in newly developed residential sections. A new relationship is being promoted, in two distinct ways, for the many individual dentists who are attracted by the challenge and the promise of these new situations. First, a new way of life is being created. As an educated and professional individual the dentist in the small community is considered a pote ntial leader and adviser in matters relating to health conditions, education policy, local government and planning. Oppor- tunities to serve the community in these affairs should be accepted by the dentist, not only to contribute to local welfare, but also to develop personal horizons and interests. Second, the nature of the population in these new communities influences the type of local dental practice. Most of these new sections consist of young families with an average of two or three young children in each family. Good dental care for the children becomes a matter of primary importance and the dentist who welcomes these children with genuine interest and provides complete dental care for them intelligently finds his practice growing rapidly. There are other changes, too. awaiting our profession of the future, but in these two respects, we feel certain that our graduates have the training and cultural background to enable them to achieve success, based upon intelligence and a deep sense of professional responsibility. DR. SOLOMON N. ROSENSTEIN SOLOMON N. ROSENSTEIN, B S., D.D Prof., Dir. of Pedodontics 15

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J You are entering upon the practice of your profession in a most challenging period. Within the short space of time between your Freshman and Senior days, the practice of dentistry has seen greater changes in operative techniques than has occurred in the preceding two or three decades. So rapidly has this metamorphosis taken place that dental schools have not been able to properly evaluate the advisability of incorporating such changes into the curriculum. Nevertheless, the education you have received is basic and rests so soundly on biomechanical principles that you are equipped to develop in almost whatever direction future research and progress will carry dental practice. However, I must emphasize the phrase equipped to develop. Nothing would be more devastating to you as an individual practitioner, and eventually to the profession as a whole than for you to continue to practice for the remainder of your professional life in exactly the same manner as you have been taught to do now. You must begin immediately to avail yourself of the many ways at your disposal to remain aware of current trends in dentistry, for obsolescence in theory and practice tends to compound itself with time in much the same manner as does dental neglect in our patients. You carry an obligation as a Columbia man to be among the leaders in the profession. Don ' t let the curse of mediocrity fall upon your head. DR. NICHOLAS A. DI SALVO ■■■ NICHOLAS A. DI SALVO, B.S., D.D.S., Ph.D. Prof., Dir. of Orthodontics orthodontics i James Jay, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Henry I. Nahoum, D.D.S. Walter G. Spengeman Julius Tarshis, D.D.S. Instructor D.D.S., instructor Instructor .,- z: !£ v i r Edword E. Teltsch, D.D.S., Instructor David Blistein, D.D.S. Assistant Monroe M. Gleidman, D.D.S., Assistant Richard Gleidman, D.D.S., Assistant Bert B. Schoeneman, D.D.S., C in. Ass . 14

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T. Mitchell Bundrant, D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Alvin S. Nathan, B.S., M.A., D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. fix Morris Fierstein, D.D.S. , Assoc. Clin. Prof. i I Bert Klatskin, B.A., D.D.S., Asst. Clin. Prof. Wv t Fred Rothenberg, D.M.D., D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. Kourken A. Daglian, B.S., D.D.S., Asst. Clin. Prof. ' Morris Kavelle, B.S., D.D.S., Assl. Clin. Prof. Boaz M. Shotton, B.A., D.D.S., Instructor Stanley S. Heller, B.S., D.D.S., Instructor Louis J. Loscalzo, B.A., D.D.S., Assistant Alvin L. Solomon, D.D.S., Assistant Louis Mandel, B.A., D.D.S., Clin. Assf. oral surgery Harold D. Baurmash, B.S., George Minervini, B.A., D.D.S., Clin. Assf. D.D.S., Clin. Assf. Julien W. Anderson, D.D.S., Clin. Assf. Paul Schneider, B.A., D.D.S., M.S. Clin. Assf. Richard Lowell, D.D.S. Clin. Assf. Seymour Zeff, D.M.D. Clin. Asst. Ok I WILLIAM J. SAVOY, B.S., D.D.S. Clin. Prof., Dir., Oral Surgery Division Sidney Silver, D.D.S. Clin. Asst. Alan Fierstein, D.D.S. Clin. Asst. Robert S. Neulist, D.D.S. Clin. Asst. Morton J. Stern, D.D.S. Clin. Asst. The mystery of life, the human body and the attack upon it by disease gave rise to the practice of the arts of medicine and dentistry to preserve it. The ancient Eastern civiliza- tions of Egypt and Phoenicia first started the search for knowledge in order to relieve pain and then to restore the mechanism upon which the rest of the body depends for the primary preparations of food to be later digested and then assimilated. Although many of the fundamental principles of oral medicine and surgery have re- mained the same, advancement in scientific knowledge has become not only a necessity but a beckoning challenge. Modern medicine and science have increased the life span by a number of years. It remains for those who have chosen the lofty profession of dentistry to treat and preserve those specialized tissues and organs of the body, namely the teeth and their allied anatomical structures, to keep pace with these welcome and spectacular improvements. This can only be done by continued study, research and full support of teaching institutions which bear the bulk of the burden. Continued and increased financial aid to an Alma Mater will serve in the selection of better qualified students, teachers and admin- istrators whose common objectives are healthier bodies and minds. DR. T. MITCHELL BUNDRANT