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

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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

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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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oral surgery The obieclive of 'rhe Oral Surgery Deparlmenl is lo leach lhe iundamenlals of oral surgery and exlracling 'rechnique on an undergraduale level. The philosophy ol com- pleie diagnosis and lrealmenl planning is emphasized. Judgmenl and discrelion em- ploying alraumalic procedures is far more imporlanl al lhis level Than an overbalanced emphasis on surgical lechnique. The undergraduaie is inslrucled in lhe handling of cases under bolh local and general aneslhelics. The maiorily ol lhe worlc is done upon ambulalory palienls. Sludenls are also exposed lo hospilal procedure in lhe handling of cases under surgical asepsis. The course in oral surgery is augmenled by surgical analomy, and oral palhology is a conslanl overlapping field in which biopsy procedure is employed on all neoplaslic lesions. Many oral surgical procedures lhal do nol come wilhin lhe purview of lhe currem' class in oral surgery are presenled lhrough lhe medium of colored molion piclures. ll is by 'rhe use of such visual aids as well as class demonslralions ol surgical procedures lhal grealer diversiiicalion ol cases can be presenled lo 'rhe undergraduale. -S.lvl.lvl. SANFORD M. MOOSE, D.D.S., F.A.C.D. Clinical Professor of Oral Surgery