UNC School of Dentistry - Impressions Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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DEDICATION The premier issue of Impressions is dedicated to a rather large group of talented individuals who have forged a path before us and set a standard of excellence for all to follow. While perfection is an ideal to be attained, it is seldom achieved quickly but, rather, must be laboriously sought. Criticism and complaints, while necessary to make problems known, are no solution in themselves. Though dental school is incredibly stressful and strenuous, it is continuously evolving. Therefore, we salute those alumni who have not only scaled, assisted, taught, labored, and 99 ' dl themselves to freedom but have, in the process, brought about improvement and have left somethingi behind for us which was better than they found it. ' Our dental school has come a long way in 32 years. While saluting those who have brought the school; to its present condition, we recognize its shortcomings. We challenge students, faculty and staff to not i give in to complacency and tradition, but to constantly seek change for the betterment of the institu- tion, for yourselves and everyone who walks in behind you — be they students or patients. Though step 99 indicates completion, we seethe school at an earlier stage-an impressionable stage. That ' s step 49 isn ' t it? Impressions. I 2

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IMPRESSIONS OF THE University of North Carolina School of Dentistry Volume One 1984

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I Dr. John C. Brauer, who was the Dean of the School of Dentistry, Jniversity of Southern California at Los Angeles, at the time of his flection, was appointed Dean of the new School at U.N.C. When fr. Brauer arrived in Chapel Hill in January of 1950, he established Itime table of nine months Ganuary-September, 1950) in which to iterview and select the first members of the clinical faculty; to esign a four-year curriculum leading to the D.D.S. degree; to Iterview and accept students for admission to the first-year class; I nd to provide adequate facilities for the teaching of pre-clinical purse work in the first two years of operation. Two World War II ‘uonset huts were procured and one of these was redesigned to low for the teaching of the preclinical technic courses. The ?cond quonset hut was modified to permit conduct of laboratory .rocedures and instruction in human anatomy. HISTORY C»Z i(Z Prior to June 1954, The State of North Carolina did not have a dental school to educate dentists to serve the citizens of this Commonwealth. North Carolina had to rely on its residents being accepted as students in the dental schools of other states. Fortunately, there were a number of graduates from various schools who elected to become residents of our state and to practice here. But, there were relative- ly few dentists to serve ou r people when compared with other states in the Union. Because of this situation the dentists of North Carolina, with the continued leader- ship of Dr. Henry O. Lineberger, Sr., initiated a comprehensive survey to determine the dental needs of the state. Considering the facts revealed by the survey, the General Assembly of 1949 authorized the activation of the School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina. During the first year of that four year period of time, the Dental Foundation of North Carolina was established. Initial funds of $100 100 were raised, literally in a few days, from the dentists of the North Carolina Dental Society and friends. 1952 saw the completion of the first School of Dentistry building. In 1953 and 1954 graduate programs in oral surgery, orthodontics and pedodontics were initiated; in 1953 Continuing education courses were offered in Endodontics, Pedodontics and Periodontics; the first class of Dental Hygienists enrolled in 1953 and graduated in 1955; one textbook had been published, another one was in the process, and yet another one was on the drawing board; a correspondence course for dental assistants was being offered and claimed more student partici- pation than any of the correspondence courses offered by the Univer- sity at that time; and, a new concept in dental education was created in the Intramural (private practice) program for faculty participation. Closed circuit television was installed in 1956 by funds from the Dental Foundation of North Carolina. This system pioneered audiovisual services in dental education and was one of the first in- stalled and utilized in a dental school in the United States. At the same time a research laboratory in the school was equipped, and air con- ditioned, by the Dental Foundation of North Carolina. A program for dental assistant education was offered in 1957 funded by the Public Health Service as one of five in the United States. The original School of Dentistry building was air conditioned in 1964. 3