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

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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

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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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orientation The several courses in This deparTmenT are designed To acquainT The sTudenT wiTh The relaTionship ThaT exisTs beTween The proTession and The public: and To aid him in an undersTanding and appreciaTion oT The eThical, economic, managerial, and legal con- sideraTions in The- conducT oT a denTal pracTice. To accomplish This, The sTudenT is TirsT inTroduced To The scope and responsibiliTies oT The denTal proTession wirh emphasis on The hisTory and developmenT oT denTisTry. ln The Senior year, The erhical, social, and economic relaTions in denTisTry are pre- senTed in order ThaT The irnporTanT social and economic aspecTs oT healTh problems are realized. lnsighT inTo business and legal aspecTs oT a denTal pracTice are presenTed Through lecTures, classwork, and discussions so ThaT The sTudenT may Thoroughly under- sTand The basic business principles oT an eThical denTal pracTice and know haw To guide and conTrol such a pracTice.-B.C.R. BENJAMIN C. REINKE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Chairman of Deparfmenf of Orienfafion