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

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Ralph S. Kaslick. D.D.S.. P. Charles Gabriele, D.D.S., Herman Cantor. D.D.S. Richard E. Goldberg. D.D.S. Murray Schwartz. D.D.S., Irving A. Karel. D.D.S., Ellen N. Hosiosky. D.D.S. Bernard Telsev, D.D.S., Albert Salkind. D.D.S. Alvin D. Cederbaum, D.D.S., Herbert I. Oshrain. D.D.S., Charles L. Berman, D.D.S. Ronald B. Odrich, D.D.S., Norman H. Joondeph. D.D.S.. Jack E. Chachkes. D.D.S., Seymour Algus, D.D.S.

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PERIODONTICS Frank E. Beube, L.D.S., D.D.S. Clinical Professor of Dentistry Epidemiologic studies have shown that fluoridation of our water supplies, direct care by dentists of patients needs, and adequate dispersion of information to the public in respect to proper dental hygiene, can measur- ably reduce the incidence of the two major dental dis- orders — caries and periodontitis. Despite these achieve- ments, periodontal diseases and teeth decay are still widespread throughout the United States. As our pop- ulation increases, and it is doing so at a rapid rate, it can be expected that these two lesions will still be the main dental problems for our profession in the forseeable future. In fact, the situation would be immediately un- manageable if the two-thirds of the American people, who at present, receive no dental care, were to request limited dental services such as periodic oral prophylaxis and subgingival curettage. Our existing dental man-power could not possibly provide the populance with these basic treatment measures which assist in preventing periodontal diseases. To adequately grapple with our dental exigency, large sums of money — literally billions of dollars must be in- vested in dental education. The number of qualified clinicians should be increased by the construction of additional undergraduate dental schools throughout the country. These schools should be adequately staffed and appropriately compensated, with proper ratio of student and teaching bodies, and the dental curriculum oriented to periodontology, as recommended by the Committee on the Survey of Dentistry. Numerous Institutes of Pre- ventive Dentistry should be built to provide for clinical and animal investigation in the causes of periodontal diseases, dental caries and other oral conditions. More and improved graduate programs are essential for the training of dentists who will become the teachers, re- searchers and specialists of the future. Frank E. Beube L.D.S., D.D.S. Melvin L. Morris, D.D.S., Robert Gottsegen, D.D.S. Leonard Hirschfeld. D.D.S.

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PROSTHODONTICS John J. Lucca, A. B., D.D.S. Professor of Dentistry Eugene LaSota, D.D.S., Victor S. Caronia, D.D.S. Ennio L. Uccellani, D.D.S. The Class of 1965, similar to previous classes before them, faces the future with hope and some apprehension but also with gratification. It has lived through four years of intensive study, from the first encounter with a cadaver to performing complete oral reconstruction for a dental cripple. It has taken each step in stride, and, as a class, has emerged prepared for the new challenge that awaits them upon graduation. You are to be congrat- ulated for a job well done. Those of you who choose to enter into general practice will find that restorative dentistry will probably occupy the greatest percentage of your time. This will be true for many years to come even with all the advances in preven- tive dentistry. A broad biologic background coupled with training in various digital skills and techniques, not un- like those needed by the surgeon in medicine, is a neces- sity for performing this highly demanding service. Here at Columbia you have been trained to meet most of the challenges you will be encountering in restorative dentis- try. As evidenced by many of our graduates who have re- lated to us (after a few years in service or practice), you have been trained without peer. With advances in materials, techniques and knowl- edge, teeth which just a decade ago would have been condemned to extraction are being retained for many years of useful service. Fewer and fewer patients are being forced to the completely edentulous state. Right here at Columbia, this seems to be evidenced by the fact that our complete denture patients no longer have a long waiting period for service. The demand is greater for fixed and removable partial denture service. Perhaps in time with further advances in techniques and preventive measures, there will be no need for anyone to reach the edentulous state. It is within the grasp of graduates of 1965 to achieve such a goal in their lifetime. It is our hope that the 1965 graduates of Columbia play a signifi- cant role in bringing this about. Remember the fact is, nothing comes; — at least nothing good. All has to be fetched. The Faculty of the Prosthodontics Section would like to congratulate you and extend its sincerest best wishes to you in your chosen profession. John J. Lucca. A.B.. D.D.S. Frank J. Cacciola, D.D.S.. Sebastian A. Bruno. D.M.D.