Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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advancement with the times JAMES H. PENCE, D.D.S., Dean of the School of Dentistry. and continued service to the community is the keynote at the Creighton school of dentistry, the main goal of which is to produce skilled, versatile, and successful practitioners. Towards this end, several new courses and research programs have been advanced this year. Chiefly instrumental in this advance- ment is Dr. James H. Pence, successor to the late Dr. Herbert E. King as dean of the school of dentistry. A new research department has been organized with Dr. Joseph A. Gibilisco as director. A few of the research projects which were inaugurated were in chro- motaylic changes, in certain factors of caries control, and in practical experiments with new dental materials. A new oral pathology section to correlate oral pathology technique with clinical studies was established. Perhaps the best known department of the Creighton school of dentistry is the dental clinic which operates during the summer months as well as the school year. Junior and senior students are thus provided with the opportunity to gain extra practice and experience, and to improve upon their knowledge and skill. It is this clinic of the dental school which is especially valuable to Omaha. Approximately 3,200 patients are treated there every year, and a large percentage of these patients could not otherwise afford to obtain expert care. It is one of the principles of the Creighton dental school that clinic work is absolutely essen- tial for proper training of dentists. In addition to a thorough schooling in basic sciences and allied subjects, the Creighton dentist is made familiar with the technique of restorative dentistry, as well as with surgery and medication. The only means to provide this instruction is by clinical practice under the close supervision of experienced and trained instructors. This is the basic reason for the existence of the Creighton clinic. Randolph Drahota; John fl. Klein; Floyd L. Paynter; Joseph F. Shellman; Joseph fl. Gibilisco; Andrew L. Cahoy; B. B. O ' Meara. Joseph C. Nemec; flloysius Kubat; G. G. O ' Connor; flrlo M. Dunn; Lawrence fl. Donahoe; Frank D. Carman; Loren W. Teutsch. Page 24 Irving J. Weber; Sebastian J. Piccolo; John J. Butkus; W. L. Bartholdi; fl. D. Faier; Raymond T. Weiss; Rudolph J. Yechout.