Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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DENTAL HISTO-PATHOLOGY Dr. Frederic James, D.D.S., L.M.M.S.S.A. (London) Professor of Dental HistO'Pathology and Periodontia

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DENTISTRY George S. Essig, D.D.S. Associate Professor of Prosthetic Dentistry

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AMD PERIODOMTIA Research work in dentistry is going on steadily. The periodontia department, headed by Dr. Frederic James, has delved into many problems of oral disease. The illustration below is an exhibition of the department's work, and it has been featured at the A. D. A. convention in Milwaukee, and at the convention in Baltimore. The exhibit displayed consists of a series of photographs taken before and after treatment of diseased conditions of the soft structure of the mouth. Research was begun in September, 1939, in the Henry Isaiah Dorr Research Laboratory, of Temple University School of Dentistry; for the purpose of determining the value of a new type of therapy in the treatment of periodontal disease. Each case was subjected to a thorough clinical X-ray and laboratory examination. Models were also made for study purposes. Over a period of ten months, some 200 cases were systematically treated, and results recorded, a few of which are shown in this exhibit. Through student and professional cooperation this type of treatment, as an adjunct to further procedures, was conducted primarily to reduce infection which might arise from filthy conditions seen in the mouths of our patients. The results have been most gratifying and should be a lesson in the necessary step in preventive dentistry. Research work is still proceeding to control cases by subjecting them to other forms of treatment on a comparative basis, thereby helping to advance mouth therapy by simple, yet effective, measures to control diseased processes. f€:‘mpl€ ,niA rn —'mmwmrr- Tr- DfMMMMT OF PCTA1 HHTO • PATHOl OOV AMD PtMOPONUA HIHH.Y UAIAM OttM. KtSUACH IA10AA10 AY 9 ■B S3 m S •• • : • . • o li - j •. 2}