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

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ADMINISTRATION GILBERT P. SMITH, D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Dean of Faculty Director, Division of Restorative Dentistry The Class of 1962 has, in the selection of its yearbook theme, Increasing Demands on the General Practitioner, revealed that its members have an insight into many of the problems beset- ting the dental profession. They are entering practice with a greater awareness of their responsibilities and the demands that will be made upon them than have graduates of yesteryear. They have learned that to practice dentistry in the light of modern knowledge calls for a much broader background and versatility than in the past. They know that to be a successful general practitioner one must have a thorough basic knowledge of the living sciences and modern medicine, a familiarity with the many facets of dental science and clinical procedures, a competence and skill in dental art and technology, as well as a sympathetic comprehension of his fellow man and his psy- chologic processes. The ever expanding general population has increased much more rapidly than the dental population. Facilities for educating dentists have not been increased in proportion to the dental needs of the public. Increased awareness by the public of the importance of dental health will increase demands for dental service and without a greatly increased number of dentists this need cannot be met if present methods of dental practice pre- vail. Since the required increase in dentists cannot be met, an- other solution must be found. Present thinking places hope for such a solution in the greater use of auxiliary personnel — the dental hygienist, the dental assistant, the dental secretary and the dental technician — together with the dentist forming a team which will provide greater service at less cost to the pub- lic. The dentist will assume full responsibility for organizing and directing the efforts of this team and for the rendering of serv- ice of acceptable quality. He will have to conserve his efforts by performing only such parts of this service as require his su- perior knowledge and skill while delegating all possible to his teammates. To do this he must be in truth a general practitioner superbly competent in all areas of dental practice. The Columbia graduate of 1962 has a splendid training and ample background to launch himself in general practice, but to keep afloat and continue on course he will require constant im- provement by habitual study and professional development. He may accomplish this through continuing education made avail- able by dental societies whose activities he must actively par- ticipate in and support, by joining study clubs and by attend- ance at refresher and postgraduate courses offered in dental schools. A major responsibility that he must assume is support of dental education and particularly his own School if the growth and progress of his profession is to be assured. It is with full confidence that I express the faith of the facul- ty that the Class of 1962 will assume its full responsibility as general practitioners of dentistry and as builders of a better profession.

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GRAYSON KIRK, Ph.D., LI. D. President of the University

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STOMATOLOGY EDWARD V. ZEGARELLI, A.B., M.S., D.D.S., Edwin S. Robinson, Prof, of Dentistry, Director, Division of Stomatology Joseph A. Cuttita, A.B., M.S., D.D.S., Assoc. Prof. Ferdinand A. Tuoti, D.M.D., Asst. Clin. Prof, of Dentistry Ida Golomb, D.D.S. Asst. Clin. Prof. I Robert F. Walsh D.D.S., Asst. Clin. Prof- Robert Crowley, D.D.S., Instructor John D. Piro, D.D.S., Instructor in Dentistry i John K. Lind, B.S., D.D.S., Assistant. o William W. Harnett, Joseph Pomerantz, D.D.S., D.D.S., Vol. Clin. Assl. Vol. Clin. Asst. i Not only will the future graduate be faced with increased demands by his patients in such fields as restorative and re- placement dentistry, and this is to be expected in view of the recent advances in these areas, but the public will make in- creasingly significant demands in the field of diagnosis and treatment of mouth diseases — diseases which heretofore lay in an atmosphere of no man ' s land. Although the responsibilities of dentistry have always included those diseases which as a group are commonly termed oral medicine, it is only in more recent years that the public and our sister health professions have been made aware of our skills in this field. A . Jack Budowsky, D.D.S., Assoc. Prof. of Dentistry Mortimer Karmiol, D.D.S., Asst. Clin. Prof. David Hendell, D.D.S., Assistant Austin H Kutscher, Irwin D. Mandel, B.S. A.B., D.D.S., Asst. D.D.S., Assoc. Clin. Prof, of Dentistry Prof. Eugene Tedaldi, D.D.S., Instructor Arthur M. Kahn, D.D.S., Vol. Clin. Asst d Robert Umans, D.D.S., Instructor 4 Frank Miele, D.D.S., Vol. Clin. Asst. ? , iM Norman J. Roland, Arthur Zuckerman Stanley Steinerman Evold Linder, D.D.S., Vol- Clin. Asst. D.D.S., B.S., Vol. D.D.S., Vol. Clin. Instructor in Denial Clin. Assl. Asst. Technique