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

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THE INCREASING DEMANDS ON THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER Statistics, carefully compiled and studiously analyzed, lead inevitably to the conclusion that the American public will present to the dental profession an increasing demand for the ir serv- ices. We, as students, have felt, perhaps intuitively, that more will be required of us than in the past. The population is in- creasing at a greater rate than the number of dentists. Further- more, the public has been educated, and properly so, to a greater awareness of dental health. As the horizons of dentistry, theoretical and clinical, biological and technical, continue to widen, each patient deserves the benefits of these advances and should receive the highest possible level of care. At Columbia, we have been taught to be uncompromising where the welfare of a patient is concerned, to demand of our- selves the best of our capabilities and the most exacting stand- ards. It is with this background that we prepare to meet the increasing demands on the general practitioner. Most dentists are general practitioners and ihere can be little doubt that they will be most frequently called upon to meet the dental needs of the public. The Class of 1962 should be aware of these demands — which include all aspects of dental practice — and how they can best be met. We cannot presume to know all the answers, but this we do know! We owe it to the profession and to our patients to make efficient use of modern equipment and materials, of the serv- ices of auxiliary personnel, and of our own knowledge and skill. We must be expert in an ever-increasing variety of general and dental arts and sciences. We must take the lead in com- munity education in matters of dental health — flouridation and financing being in the public eye at present. We must empha- size and re-emphasize prevention of disease for we are already faced with an insurmountable backlog of untreated dental defects. We must do all these and more. We, the graduates of today and practitioners of the already-dawning tomorrow, must be teacher and student, healer and friend. Only then will greater responsibility become greater opportunity. Only then can we fulfill our obligation to our patients, our colleagues and pre- decessors in dentistry, and to the school from which we now step forward to begin our careers as Doctors of Dental Surgery. Sheppard M. Levine Literary Editor

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,2 CO CO Oi 1962 DENTAL COLUMBIAN Roy A. Wilko Editor-in- ;hief Art-Photography Editor Sheppard M. Levine Literary Editor Edward M. Ras Business Editor Dr. Joseph C. DeLisi Faculty Advisor SCHOOL OF DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -

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