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

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Ethics A complete course in professional ethics and sidelights on Zuckercandleism ... a view from the top of Dr. J. Wesley Robb DENTURE PROBLEM? • Difficult Cases Welcomed • Emergency Dental Repairs WH tf you wA r • Adult Dental Care Only PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE PENSIONERS, UNIONS INSURANCE CASES WELCOME 2). WurL 3. Wo.nS 474-5575 GR 4-5575 1710WESTWOOD BLVD., WEST LOS ANGELES Ground Floor Across From Food Gionf Market Orthodontics m r « No, they are chrysanthimums! Anyone having any thoughts about specializing in Orthodontics was quickly and thoroughly discouraged. Perhaps the specialty of horticulture would be better. We were treated to bilateral slides of Dr. Boone ' s wife, kids, swimming pool, office, assistants, house, garden, vacations ... in fact we know more about his private life than we know about orthodontics. Following the first midterm exam we were treated to a unique way of revealing grades . . . A+ ' s may leave the room, A s may leave, now the B ' s may exit, the C ' s next ... by this time those of us who were still sitting on the edge of our seats realized we were hurtin ' . . . well, he did allow us to take another test so we might regain our status in the group. The course was thoroughly organized and we did learn how to refer, not to mention the growth of the mandible and maxilla. Partial Prosthetics DR, ROBERT VIC Partial dentures turned out to be for us, just that . . . partial! Dr. Vig decided that at the end of our Junior j year he wanted to take a sabattical in Europe, and the ship he left us promptly sank! The Vig partial may be characterized by simplicity . . . cast clasps, the Vig stress breaker, and reasonable fees. His motto was fit the partial to the teeth, not the teeth to the partial. To those who made their requirements in the Junior year, congratulations! To those who . . . I T DR. FRANK LOTT Turn around Relmers and you ' d know what the doctor IS saying . . . ! Prosthetics Theda Bera, Rudolph Valentmo, Clara Bow . . . our weekly screen idols, as the mentor of lantern slides presented hours of the stars of yesteryear for the dentures of yesteryear! The kindly old Canadian informed us that we should stand up, keep the patient upright, not use a head rest, and to have all of our indelible pencils sharpened before each appointment. He taught us the value of posterior separation, cusp teeth, incisal guidance, compensating curves, and the ability to sleep with our eves wide open. He moved into Professor Emeritus status in our Senior year, and this Class of 1966 saw one more of the manv traditions cease to exist! 41

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THE ESSENCE OF Oral Diagnosis DR. SIMON GAMER ; DR. KENNETH O. TURNER, Chairman, Department of Oral Diagnosis It was a day like any other day in Turner ' s Garden, except you are there. You can run tip toe thru the tulips, or pick pansies, or take roentgenographs. The experience is good . . . you learn to take x-rays and make a diagnosis. In lecture . . . well, you may see some x-rays of normal roentgenographic features which might be mistaken for pathology, or see slides of various lesions collected by one Simon Gamer. One thing for sure ... the DHs were a welcome addition to this class! DR. O ' CRADY 40 gunner

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Operative That manikin was never like this ... it didn ' t fog the mirror . . . it didn ' t wiggle ... or put up a fuss at being three or four hours ... it didn ' t talk back. For, clinically, we had entered the impractical world of fantasy, fear and anxiety, lorded over by the Grey Fox, the world which puts finesse in the USC graduate.