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

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JOSEPH M. LEAVITT B.S., D.D.S. Director, Division of Endodontics ENDODONTICS The endodontic staff extends its sincere congratula- tions to the members of the class of 1966 on their graduation and wishes them a lifetime filled with suc- cess and satisfaction in the growing, ever-changing profession of Dentistry. The past quarter century has seen the inexorable evolvement of Dentistry in the direction of increasing emphasis on principles and technics concerned with the retention of all important elements of the patient ' s dentition for the purposes of health, function and es- thetics, and we are sure that in this modern age of so- called Full Mouth Rehabilitation with its high speed, full coverage and multisplinting technics, you will find Endodontics and increasingly valuable ad- junct in your dental practice. Its growing importance as an essential element of Retentive Dentistry can be pointed up by simply mentioning that during the past fifteen years, endo- dontic teaching time in the undergraduate curriculum has more than tripled, while the staff has grown from two general practitioners with an interest in endo- dontics to a present total of nine men, eight of whom are recognized specialists in the field. It will be your function in practice to continually give to your patients the best that dentistry has to offer. Implicit in this is your obligation to constantly keep abreast of advances in your profession and, in the last analysis, to do unto each patient what you would wish done unto yourself. We wish you all the very best of luck in these endeavors. Joseph M. Leavitt Marvin Firdman D.D.S. William Miller D.D.S. Irving J. Naidorf D.D.S. Gerald H. Besen D.D.S. Howard I. Blum D.D.S. Murray A. Cantor D.D.S. S. Abel Moreinis D.D.S. Howard B. Yogel D.D.S.

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To one who has heard or been involved in the dia- logue of dental education, the evolving role of the hos- pital in the production and distribution of health care, its importance as a locus for clinical research in all of the health fields, its capability to attest the profes- sional standards of its staff, its superiority as a proper environment for under-graduate and graduate clinical education and training in the total patient and team care concept, presages, for it, a continually expanding role in the education of the dentist. The established commitment to a strong basic sci- ence foundation for dental education has produced a dynamic expansion in the number of dentists involved in basic science research, and teaching. This factor is also producing dentists who have the intellectual secu- rity to take their place in the hospital as effective members of the total science assault team to solve problems in the clinical management of disease. The School of Dental and Oral Surgery has demon- strated its leadership in the development of an af- filiated hospital program with eight hospitals. Through this affiliation, the school assists the hospitals to strengthen their dental services through the contribu- tion of high academic standards and functions to their predominantly service oriented programs. The school in turn benefits from the increased availability of clinical teaching and research facilities for under- graduate and graduate dental education. The hospitals will be able to strengthen their positive contribution to the dental and total health of the community by meeting the demand for realistic management of the welfare and other governmental dental care programs which are definitely ordained for the future. Through the cooperative action of the dental schools and hos- pitals the way may be paved for major contributions by government to the cost and facilities of dental education as well as the cost of producing and distri- buting dental care to those segments of the population for which it assumes the responsibility. The integration of dentistry with the rest of health education, research and care in the hospital signals the end of dentistry ' s isolation which has been the pattern of the past. The strength which dentistry will gain in this relationship will reinforce its capacity for professional responsibil- ity and maintaining a viable professional patient- dentist relationship in the fast changing social and economic pressures on our nation ' s health systems. Rudolph H. Friedrich Bertram Klatskin D.D.S. George A. Minervini D.D.S. Fred Rothenberg D.M.D., D.D.S. Boaz Shattan D.D.S. Salvatore A. Cordaro D.D.S. Stanley S. Heller D.D.S. Morton Jay Stern D.D.S. Raymond F. Zambito D.D.S. Martin Ames D.D.S. Merwin Wolf D.D.S. Daniel D. Schube D.D.S.

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ORTHODONTICS S ( . much has been written about programmed in- struction that the term newer teaching methods which you have selected as your theme, immediately calls this to mind. Programmed instruction has already proven its great value in general education and will undoubtedly play an even greater role in the future. So far these techniques have had only limited applica- tion in dental education and have been used largely in the teaching of theory. Laboratory or clinical work involving the practical application of theoretical principles is somewhat more difficult to program successfully. Orthodontics at the undergraduate level constitutes one of the several minor subjects in which only a limited amount of the subject matter can be covered because of severe limitations of time. We constantly strive to use this limited time to best advantage, and some innovations are introduced each year. Within recent years we have tried to expand the subject matter by assigning outside reading to supple- ment each lecture. These assignments are made the subject of short weekly quizzes to provide incentive and the opportunity for each student to demonstrate his capabilities and understanding in the subject. The addition of closed circuit television has allowed the treatment of one patient to be viewed by an entire class, and thus has afforded the student a wider ex- perience which enables him to perform orthodontic services for his patients. Nicholas A. DiSalvo NICHOLAS A. DI SALVO B.S., D.D.S., Ph. D. Professor of Dentistry Director, Division of Orthodontics Laszlo Schwartz D.D.S. Henrv I. Nahoum D.D.S. Julius Tarshis D.D.S. Charles M. Chayes D.D.S. Walter 0. Spengeman D.D.S. % = V V Edward E. Teltsch D.D.S. David Blistein D.D.S. Monroe M. Gliedman D.D.S. Richard Gliedman Bert B. Schoeneman D.D.S. D.D.S.