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

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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

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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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PERIODONTICS FRANK E. BEUBE, D.D.5. Clinical Professor Director, Section of Periodontology Robert Gortsegen, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Leonard Hirschfeld, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Ellen N. Hosiosky, D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Melvin L. Morris, M.A., D.D.S. Assoc. Clin. Prof. Seymour Algus, D.D.S. Ass ' t. Clin. Prof. Bernard H. Wasserman, D.D.S. Ass ' f. Clin. Prof. Herman Cantor, D.D.S. Instructor Jack Chachfces, D.D.S. Instructor P. C. Gobriele, D.D.S. Instructor Richard E. Goldberg, D.D.S. Instructor