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

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It gives me much pleasure to send cordial greetings to the members of the 1972 graduating class of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery of Columbia University. American dentists for more than a century have been celebrated the world over for their knowledge and skill and the progress they have made in the technique of their profession. My congratulations and best wishes to all the graduates. £t Congratulations on your graduation and the beginning of your professional careers. You now will take on the responsibilities of all profes- sionals: to use your skills, your knowledge, and your experience for the benefit of others. Today, many of our citizens desperately need better medical and dental care. This is a challenge to all Americans and particularly to those who practice the healing arts. Your tools are excellent, your training outstanding and your opportu nities are unlimited. Please accept my best wishes on this happy occasion. I hope the future will bring you enriching experience and the rewards of service. D V-

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It is indeed a pleasure to congratu- late the graduates of Columbia Univer- sity School of Dental and Oral Surgery and to welcome them into our profes- sion. Certainly the dental graduates of the 1970 ' s are entering an exciting profession which is marked by sub- stantial technological progress, abid- ing social concern and innovation in dental practice. The issues which will confront new practitioners are as complex and as varied as the problems and concerns facing the nation. Indeed, dentistry ' s concerns are inextricably entwined with national concerns. As an exam- ple, the dental profession is deeply involved in the debate on national health care programs. The most re- cent annual session of the American Dental Association ' s House of Dele- gates approved a Guidelines for Den- tistry ' s Position in a National Health Program which clearly stated that dental care must be an integral part of any comprehensive health program enacted by Congress. The demands for care that this type of program will place upon the dental profession will have a profound effect upon practice and each individual practitioner. As new graduates from Columbia, you have been privileged to benefit from the teaching of an outstanding faculty which has led the way in pre- paring its students to practice preven- tive dentistry, to utilize dental auxilia- ries as capable assistants and partners in providing dental care. You are well schooled in all the new treatment tech- niques and devices and materials which are essential to the highest qual- ity of practice. Additionally, you have learned to develop a keen sense of community needs and problems. The dental grad- uates of this decade are deeply in- volved in rendering care and service to the entire community, regardless of its racial, ethnic or economic composi- tion. And, aware of your responsibility to the community, you have made commitments to keep your knowledge fresh and to continue to learn and grow as a member of the health professions. It is expected that as new members of the profession you will participate fully in activities of organized dentistry and will provide sound leadership to deal with the many problems dentistry now confronts. I know that the gradu- ates of Columbia will take active inter- est in helping to resolve the problems relating to dental licensure, to group practice, to delivery of dental services and to development of a system of na- tional health care. Again, my congratulations and sin- cere best wishes to the graduating se- niors of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery. You have the training, knowledge and above that, the inherent capacity, to meet the challenges and concerns of our pro- fession ' s future. -c C vAVt v ( Gv C.Gordon Watson. D.D.S. Executive Director A.D.A.

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epartments... READING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: PAGE 10: Dr. Hyman D. Koch, Director of Clinic; Dr. Edward V. Zegarelli, Chairman Dept. of Stomatology; Dr. John L. Lucca, Chair- man Dept. of Prosthodontics; Dr. Louis Mandel, Director, Oral Surgery; Dr. Robert Gottsegen, Chairman Dept. of Periodontics; Dr. Austin H. Kutscher, Director, Psychiatric Dental Service. PAGE 11: Dr. Louis J. Loscalzo, Director, Oral Surgery; Dr. Edward A. Cain, Jr., Chairman, Dept. of Operative Dentistry; Dr. Sidney L. Horowitz, Director, Dept. of Orofacial Growth and°Development; Dr. Irwin D. Mandel, Chairman Dept. of Preventive Dentistry and Community Health; Dr. Nicholas A. DiSalvo, Chairman Dept. of Orthodontics; Dr. Solomon N. Rosenstein, Chair- man Dept. of Pedodontics; Dr. George A. Minervini, Direc- tor, Oral Surgery; Dr. Joseph M. Leavitt, Chairman Dept. of Endodontics.