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

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RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY DR. GILBERT P. SMITH Dr. Howard Arden, B.S., D.D.S., Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thomas Portway, B.S., D.D.S., Assl. Prof. Dr. Williom Silverstein, D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. Herbert Ayers, A.B., D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. Max Pleasure. M.S., D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. James Benfield, A.B., D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. ! 5 . ■ 1 — Brzustowicz, B.S., D.D.S., Assf. Clin. hmm fa? 14 Dr. William Miller, B.S., D.D.S., Assf. C in. Prof. Dr. Irving Naidorf B.A., D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. Dr. Louis A. Cohn, D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. Herber Fritz, s B., D.D.S., Assf . Clin. Prof. Dr. Irvin L. Hunt, D.D.S., Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ennio Uccellani, B.S., D.D.S., Assf. Prof. Dr. George Hindels, D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. William J. Miller, B.A., D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof. Dr. Joseph Leovitt, B.S., D.D.S., Assf. C in. Prof. Dr. Kenneth Deesen, D.D.S., fnsfrucfor Dr. Harold Sherman, B.S., D.D.S., Assf. C in. Prof. Dr. Joseph De Lis D.D.S., Assf. Clin. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bruno, D.D.S., Assf. C in. Prof.

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Actually to enhance your level of professional at- tainment is a much more difficult undertaking. It can be done, however, if you have matured sufficiently to recog- nize the limitations to your knowledge imposed by hav- ing spent only four years in formal professional educa- tion. Unfortunately there are many areas where your exposure to a given subject has had to be confined to fundamentals rather than to an exploration of the subject in depth. Your ability to treat patients with complex oral problems is severely limited at the conclusion of your formal education. To prepare yourself properly to meet the challenge of any type of oral problem requires con- tinuous additional training. There is a danger, however, in merely accepting additional training in any of its available forms. Passive acceptance of the literature, or course-content, can result in distorted concepts of diag- nosis and treatment. To prevent this, you must utilize your ability to be critical. Do not accept the word of an authority ' without a critical analysis of the evidence presented. Test the basis for conclusions by carefully- following the logic of an argument after you have satis- fied yourself as to the acceptability of the evidence upon which the conclusions are based. When you start to treat patients in private practice you will quickly realize the areas in which you are most deficient. Let this stimulate you to further study rather than force you to narrow the scope of your practice. From my own experience, I woulri suggest that addi- tional training in the diagnosis and treatment of peri- odontal disease is of prime importance. Increasing your understanding of periodontia will be reflected in a more sound approach to many of the cases of oral disability which you will meet in general practice. Maintaining a working knowledge of basic science subjecrs requires special emphasis. There is no doubr that the significant advances in the understanding of etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of oral disease must be predicated upon sound concepts derived from the basic sciences. Unless you pursue the literarure actively, you may become prey to inadequately supported concepts. It is your professional responsibility to continue to read and study in the basic disciplines so that you may be able to contribute to the advancement of dentistry. The pursuit of technical competence, alone, pro- duces a technician, while the constant acquisition of knowledge produces a professional man. Dr. Herbert J. Bartehtone Magnus I. Gregarson, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., John C. Do fon Prof. of Physiol., Chairman Shu Chien, M.B., Ph.D., Assf. Prof, of Physiol. Louis J. Cizek, B.S., M.D., Assoc. Prof. of Physiol. Robert J. Dellenback, A.B.. M.A., Ph.D., Assf. Prof, of Physiol. William W. Walcott. A.B., Ph.D., Assoc. Prof, of Physiol. Waller S. Root, B.S., Ph.D., Prof, of Physio . Mero Nocenti, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., Assf. Prof, of Physiol. James P. Cattell, M.D., Assf. Clin. Prof. of Psychiatry Arthur Bushel, A.B., D.D.S., M.P.H., Assoc. Prof, of Dentoi Public Health 13

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The Staff of the Restorative Division extends its sincere congratulations to the Class of 1961 upon completion of the prescribed course of study. We hope that our basic objectives have been attained and that you have acquired a useful core of principles and skills. Teaching and learning cannot stop here. It would be a sad commentary on dental education if you, as a group, were not stimulated to study, read, write, and participate in the never- ending search for answers to the problems of oral health and disease. Teachers by tradition are presumed to be dogmatic and authoritarian. Their self-confidence, bred by skill, experience, and success, may impart to the student the false impression that there are no problems as yet unsolved. We hope this is not the case at Columbia. The Staff of the Restorative Division has always invited and encouraged your participation in the search for information and its application. We regret that the pressures of an overcrowded curriculum have precluded an even greater utilization of a well-accepted principle of edu- cation — that learning occurs in direct proportion to the mental activity of the learner. We appreciate the need for more inde- pendent study, more extra-curricular reading, research and writing — in other words, a greater development of the mental resources and a greater intellectual effort on the parr of the student. To keep abreast of new developments, to evaluate new materials and techniques, to render an optimally beneficial professional service to patients, you must continue your dental education. This education need not be along formal lines, nor in traditional areas. Participation in Dental Society section and committee work, hospital service, oral health community efforts and allied activities provide opportunities for education in a broader sense and give the graduate an awareness of his relationship to the public, whom he is dedicated to serve. Dr. Robert E. Herlands Dr. George Lyons, B.S., D.D.S., Instructor Dr. Steven Scrivani, D.D.S., Instructor : to i Dr. Victor Caronia, D.D.S., Instructor 4 A. JfA Dr. Edward Kesseler, D.D.S., Instructor Dr. Victor C. Auth, A.B., D.D.S., Asst. Dr. William Dwyer, B.S.. D.D.S., Asst. Dr. Russell Garofalo, B.A., D.D.S. Asst. Dr. Merill Gellis, B.S., Dr. William Hudson, Dr. Robert Kelley D.D.S., Asst. D.D.S., Asst. B.S., D.D.S., Ant. Dr. Jack Rosen, B.S., Dr. Joseph Fiasconaro, D.D.S., Asst. D.D.S., Asst. Dr. Eugene Jacoby, A.B., D.D.S., Asst. Dr. Gerald Besen, B.S., D.D.S.. Asst. Dr. Marvin Firdman, A.B., D.D.S., Asst. €S D Aim Dr. George Rudensky, D.D.S., Asst. h Dr. James Moffa, B.S., D.D.S., Vol. Asst. 15