University of the Pacific School of Dentistry - Chips Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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The secTions of The ProsTheTic DeparTmenT con- cerned wiTh Tixed and removable prosThesis aTTempT Through Their curricula To provide our sTudenTs wiTh background and inTimaTe working knowledge oT These subiecTs which will enable Them To cope wiTh The re- sToraTive problems which consTanTly presenT Them- selves in The pracTice oT denTisTry. Beginning sTudenTs are inTroducTed inTo The simple Technical aspecTs of abuTmenT preparaTion and casT- ing, TabricaTion oT parTial denTure Trames, and The elemenTs oT balanced occlusion. This basic sTudy is ,bww K1wW,,y ,fi wi yay 7 4 if mi wks , , f izvii iiiis T W f, -slffffwn -I , s X QS 31 3 f T JOHN E. RHOADS, B.S., D.D.S. AssisTanT Professor of ProsTheTic Denfisfry conducTed upon The laboraTory level and provides The background Tor TuTure pracTical applicaTion. The advanced sTudenTs are- shown The applicaTion oT previously learned maTerial on a clinical basis. CorrelaTion wiTh The Teachings oT oTher deparTmenTs in TreaTmenT planning develops a diagnoslric acumen which, combined wiTh suTTicienT Technical abiliTy, en- ables The TuTure denTisT To resolve seemingly com- plicaTed problems inTo successTul conclusions. To so educaTe and Train any sTudenT is The ulTimaTe aim and purpose oT The deparTmenT. -J.E.R. partial dentures , I7

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my HENRY M. LEICESTER, B.A., A.M,, Ph.D Professor of Biochemisfry In modern Times biochemisTry has ceased To de- voTe iTs maior aTTenTion To clinical TesTs and supere Ticial sTudy oT The composiTion oT The more obvious bodily secreTions. IT is now concerned wiTh The deeper mechanisms in The cell and The inTerrelaTions beTween The greaT number oT complex compounds which cone Trol physiological processes. The courses in The subiecT oTTered in This school aTTempT To acguainT The sTudenTs wiTh These Tunda- menTal relaTionships and To show how They apply To The phenomena oT liTe. Special aTTenTion, oT course, is given To The mechanisms concerned in The Torma- biochemistry 54 sg 'm n.q MJ' Ticn oT The TeeTh and The eyenTs which subseguenTly aTTecT These organs. Today many problems oT healTh are misundersTood by The general public because The biochemical me- chanisms upon which such problems depend are noT comprehended. The eTTecTs oT nuTriTion, meThods oT preyenTing denTal caries, TlouridaTion3 These are some oT The parTicular problems which can be successifully evaluaTed only iT Their basic chemisTry is lcnown and uTilized. Probably The mosT imporTanT TuncTion of The courses in biochemisTry is To supply The sTudenTs wiTh The means Tor such criTical evaluaTions. lT is To This TuncTion ThaT The worlc oT These courses is chiefly direcTed. WT-l.ly1.L.

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I 1 operative Nearly all specialTies oT denTisTry have sprung Trom The moTher proTession, operaTive denTisTry. These specialTies have grown To maTuriTyq yeT, operaTive denTisTry has been growing, Too. Large scale research gives us large scale meThods of caries prevenTion, correcT dieT and waTer TluoridaTion. NeverTheless, we musT conTinue To resTore damage by caries. erosion and periodonTal disTurbances. Gold and silver amalgam are The Two maTerials which have proved Themselves Thor- oughly capable oT being made inTo permanenT resToraTions provided The proper Technics are used. The sTaTT oT insTrucTors in The OperaTive DeparTmenT are Thoroughly gualiTied To Teach. having been Trained in The TundamenTals oT good operaTive denTisTry. There can be no progress unless The child excels The parenT. Realizing This, our Teachers conTinue To make progress by building on Their TundamenTal knowledge and experiences.-l-l. A. T. HARRY A. TRUE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Professor of Operafive DenTisTry