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

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STOMATOLOGY EDWARD V. ZEGARELLI, D.D.S.,M.S. Edwin S. Robinson Professor Director, Division of Stomatology Todd Beckerman, D.D.S. Assistant Professor Robert E.Crowley, D.D.S. Ass ' t. Clin. Prof. David Hendell, D.D.S. Ass ' t. Clin. Pro!. Mortimer Karmiol, D.D.S. Ass ' t. Clin. Prof. John K. Lind, D.D.S. Ass ' t. Clin. Pro!. Philip Silverstein, D.D.S. Instructor Stanley Steinerman, D.D.S. Instructor Steven Wotman, D.D.S. Instructor Edward Zerden, D.D.S. Instructor Bernard Benltel, D.D.S. Assistant

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You, the Class of 1967, are faced with a com- pletely new outlook on the practice of dentistry. Since the 1930 ' s, there has been an increasingly active role played by the government at various levels in social welfare. In the past year, this has had a far reaching effect in the medical and dental pro- fessions with the advent of Medicare and, more recently, Medicaid. It is expected that over 50% of the people of New York State will be eligible for aid under the latter program. The practice of den- tistry will be radically changed. There have been, and possibly always will be, controversies as to the relative merits of these social welfare programs. However, as long as the legislation has been passed and the program is law, it is incumbent upon the profession to render the best possible service to these patients. In the field of prosthodontics, dentists will be called upon to render services in most instances in the form of complete and partial removable dentures under Medicare. For the younger patient, under Medicaid, as the law now stands, the profession will be rendering more services in the field of pros- thetic dentistry to restore the ravages of caries. Miss- ing teeth in many instances may be replaced by a fixed partial prosthesis. If existing legislation continues and permits these services for all patients who qualify, then there will probably be a great change in the character of pri- vate practice. The very patients who can least afford this service probably need it the most. In the past generation, with advances in research and techniques, the profession has been able to save countless thousands of teeth which heretofore would have been doomed to extraction. High speed tech- niques, the use of pins to restore badly broken down teeth, better restorative materials as well as current periodontal and prosthodontic know-how have all played their parts in this evolution. It is the feeling of the Staff of the Prosthodontic Section that you have been prepared second to none in the entire country to undertake this new assign- ment. You have worked hard and long throughout these four years to achieve this goal, but we feel justifiably proud of your accomplishment. Congratu- lations and our sincerest wishes for success in what- ever endeavor you follow. John J. Lucca, D.D.S. Howord A. Arden. D.D.S. Associate Professor Herbert D. Ayers, D.D.S. Associate Professor Sebastian A. Bruno, D.D.S. George W. Hindels, M.D., D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Assoc. Clin. Prof. William J.Miller, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Edward M. Ras, D.D.S. Instructor John M. Scarola, D.D.S. Instructor Edward Herzig, D.D.S. Assistant William S. Lancaster, D.D.S. Assistant Martin Winter, D.D.S. Assistant

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Graduation is invariably a joyful occasion; the graduate is joyous because he has successfully com- pleted four difficult years of study and the faculty because it has terminated another class and is look- ing forward to the challenge of a new one. But the joy of the faculty member is usually tem- pered and subdued for he realizes that preparation of the graduate for a career in dentistry has been at best a compromise — a compromise between what should have been and what has been included in the four year curriculum. A severely over-burdened curriculum (and ours is certainly such) prohibits inclusion of new and im- portant courses and prohibits also the expansion of courses presently given. And yet, despite these omis- sions, our students appear to be over-taxed; they have little time for relaxation and they lack that pause which refreshes. As a result, there are those who challenge the ade- quacy and effectiveness of our curriculum, and jus- tifiably! A thorough appraisal of our curriculum is necessary; courses which no longer exert important influences in modern practice should be reduced or eliminated and those which should or will play more important roles should be formed or expanded. Undoubtedly, this is an opportune time for insti- tuting improvements because the complexion of den- tistry is changing and will continue to change in the immediate decades ahead. With continued advances in fluoridation, periodontal care, operative tech- niques and increased use of auxiliary personnel the functions and obligations of the dentist are rapidly transforming from what were for the most part tech- nical to those which are completely biological. It is the obligation of the dental school to anticipate these changes and to orient its curriculum accordingly. Edward V. Zegarelli, D.D.S., M.S. Joseph A. Cuftita, M.S., D.D.S. Professor Austin H. Kutscher, D.D.S. Associate Professor Jack Budowsky, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Irwin D.Mandel, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Robert F. Walsh, D.D.S. Ass ' f. Clin. Prof. Frances R. Karlon, D.D.S. Instructor Paul Kornfeld, D.D.S. Instructor Norman M. Roland, D.D.S. Instructor Morton Schoenberg, D.D.S. Instructor Barry C. Cooper, D.D.S. p au | J. Hoffman, D.D.S. Assistant Assistant Robert N. Schiff, D.D.S. Assistant Burton Weidman, D.D.S. Assistant Herbert F. Silvers, D.D.S. Research Associate