University of Southern California School of Dentistry - El Molaro (Los Angeles, CA)

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't.i?TT' 'ef E DODO TICS Alfred Frank Down from the rolling, rough terrain of the Hills called Beverly, via the Wilshire trail and the Fairfax Pass, came the Thundering herd every Wednesday. The thundering was kept to a low rumb- ling only by the custom-fit pigskin mucklucks which adorned their feet. These raucus renegades were not only deadly with their reamers but were verbose as well. As a means of demon- strating their verbosity each gave three lectures. Jim spent-five minutes introducing the warriors of the herd and in the lecture room was to be seen no more. Dudley coughed and rumbled about diagnosis. Al showed many eye opening slides and lec- tured on R 8. F lreaming and filingl. Bob lectured on bleaching and on how to replant avulsed teeth. Jack was there too-apioec-f tomies were his specialty. He was also the official statistician of the Herd: determining our average after all our examinations. During the second semester of our Junior year we were exposed to an endodontics lab course which consisted of filing and filling canals of teeth set up in a mixture of sawdust and plaster. Fol- lowing the completion of this intensive, true to life, laboratory course we were set free to practice filing and filling canals of teeth which were set up in bone and blood. We had entered the sterile world of clinical endodontics. The world of the aseptic technique, perforations, cellulitis, overfilling, apioectomyg and, most importantly, the direct correlation between Tuesday's foils and Wednesday's endos. Well, Dr. Glick, that first quadrant took no time at all. Dudley Glick ,,..1 l Robert Boulger .lack Weichman 63

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Student: Monday morning 9:00 A.M. Ok, You got a good X-ray? 5 Yes Doctor. 9 Granny: You got anesthesia? l Student: Yes Doctor. e Granny: Hum-upper first molar! Now . . . pay attention! Student: Yes Doctor. Granny. The index finger on my right hand represents the palatal root . . . The index and second fingers on my left hand mesial and distal buccal roots respectively. Understand? Student. Yes Doctor. Granny: Now, you always want to swing these things out buccally . . . always watchinjg not to break off the palatal root . . . if you gotta break roots . . . break the buccals. NEVER break the palatal 'Cause its shakin' hands with the sinus. lf you break that one . . . you gotta call me over, . . . I'haftaigo . and get an elevator . . . you've got to get an aspirator . . . and we've got a mess on our hands. Student: Yes Doctor.'N' ' Granny: I gotta: work hard enough around here without you boys making more work for mel. . . so iust pay attention to what I tell you and we'Il all get along well for the next two weeks. Ok, go ahead and take it out. Student: Ok, thank you Doctor. SNAP! ! l ! ! Granny. Ok! . . . I heard that all the way from my office . . . You didn't pay attention . . . give me the Chart. What's this . . . you didn't even collect the fee. What's the matteriwith you boy!? ' , Y And so begins another block assignment in Oral Surgery. Q - 9

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' W DIAGNOSIS 'J . N V C Q 1 K c 'E Q gi C .L Q7 pp . y y Charles O'Gracly Clayton Townsend Joyce Aboard the USS Oral Diagnosis somewhere in Indian Ocean . . . Captain Turner: Let's turn to it men. Sweepers man your brooms. Let's shape this place up. Admiral Mc- Nulty will be here for inspection this morning. The Crew lin unisonl: Aye, Aye, Captain. Captain Turner: Hey chubby, get that grin off your face and start sweeping-AND TAKE OFF THOSE WINGS! You with the beard, put down that biopsy punch and start polishing those units. Hey you- smiley, don't iust stand there-do something. lst Crew Member: Heh, heh, heh, Captain Turner certainly is upset about something. 2nd Crew Member: He's vetty godt mann but he's upset becuz yestahde l fount tree patological legions and he only fount won. 3rd Crew Member: Could be, could be. Captain Turner comes hurrying back. This time he isn't twirling his key chain and he has a determined ,look on his face. Captain Turner: Gather around men. I am about to give you some very important news which is, har- rumph, harrumph, very important to our department. This may come as a shock to you, but we're going to completely reorganize this department - We're, harrumph, going to reorganize from keel to bridge. We're going to make the seniors take three patients ,per day and quit doing Pd's. OK men, let's get to it. 'lst Crew Member: Heh, heh, heh, I guess I'm not too old to cut the cone, heh, heh, heh. 2nd Crew Member: l'll show them some more about patological legions. 3rd Crew Member: Yeah, could be, we iust might be able to do it. A. S. Marwah Wilk Peery Don Givens