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

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DR. JOHN DOMBROWSKY DR. KENNETH MILLER DR. NORMAN C. FREEMAN Department of Oral Medicine Department of Periodontics Department of Removable Prosthetics DR. |. STANLEY JORDAN DR. DAVID LITWACK DR. JOSEPH FALTERMAYER Department of Dental Materials Department of Periodontics Department of Removable Prosthetics DR. CHARLES SANTANGELO Department of Oral Anatomy DR. ARTHUR MILLER Department of Oral Pathology DR. MARION McCREA Department of Anatomic Sciences

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DR. ISADORE HALPERN We, the Class of 1975, dedicate this yearbook to the Masters of the Art and Science of Dentistry, who guided us through the first four years of our professional careers. It was these people who formed the vertebral column of our education: they may have chastised us then we were wrong, but they took the time needed to explain the Why's and Wherefore's of our mistakes so that we would understand and be less apt to repeat our errors. Sometimes we respected them for this; quite often we didn't. Hopefully, as we mature in our profession we will remember their worth. It is these people who epitomize the meaning of the word teacher. DR. FRANK WILLIAMS Department of Oral Radiology DR. BERNARD H.OLBRYS Department of Fixed Prosthetics DR. PETER E.COSTE Department of Fixed Prosthetics

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CHARLES L. HOWELL D.D.S., M.P.H. F.A.C.D. DEAN As of this writing, it is but a few weeks until you achieve your goal of receiving your Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree, a goal you have been working toward for at least eight years, some even longer. My congratulations to each of you. Although you have achieved this most worthy goal, your first professional degree, it is understandable that you believe you have reached the end, the ultimate. I must remind you of the three salient characteristics of a profession and your responsibility to our profession. They are, (1) education beyond the usual level; (2) service to the public; (3) privilege of self-government. During your four years as dental students, you have observed significant changes in the body of knowledge of dentistry and within society in general, all of which affect the delivery of dental care services. The year 2000 is not far away for you. Most of you will be fiftyish, which I offer should place you at the pinnacle of your professional career. But what will bo the practice of dentistry in the 2000? Dentistry will remain a performing profession. The basic skills will remain. The body of scientific knowledge will expand. Materials and instrumentation will obviously change. The greatest change will be in the general area of delivery of services. There will be more practices with the general practitioner rising in stature. There will be more third party prepaid programs. And there will be additional expanded function auxiliaries performing specific, well-defined functions for which they have received specific training. Your role, therefore, in the very near future will become one as director of the dental care team. This means you must retain your clinical competency, increase your knowledge of biomedical sciences, and increase your managerial knowledge and skills. Our curriculum has provided you a sound base for all of this. Courses in continuing education will provide the opportunities for continued intellectual growth. Requirements for relicensure may mandate participation in courses of continuing education. My best wishes to each of you. DALEF. ROECK D.D.S., F.A.C.D. F.I.C.D., F.A.G.D. ASSOCIATE DEAN 4