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

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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

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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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BETSEY A. ALDEN R.D.H., B.S., M.Ed. J DIRECTOR, DENTAL HYGIENE Sj It is with great pleasure that I write this message to you, the Class of 1975. Yet what do I say to you after working together with all of you for two years? What of your future? What magic formula is there to give? I know of none, nor do I have the right to prescribe a formula as it is our future and not just mine: it is the future of dental hygiene. Of only this I am sure: without a method for changing concepts and bringing them up to date, one is liable to be trapped by concepts which are more harmful that useful. This need for changing concepts will become more and more obvious as dental hygiene sciences change and the future of dental care delivery changes. Keep up with these changes by continuing your education and help build a future for our profession on the foundation we have given you. BARBARA K. KOMIVES R.D.H., M.S. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DENTAL HYGIENE 4 5