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

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HZ- if rv-s FREDERICK T. WEST, A.B., D.D.S., A.M., F.A.C.D. Clinical Professor of Orfhodonfics AppreciaTing The TacT ThaT prevenTion is The lceynoTe oT modern ThoughT in The healTh sciences, The College OT Physicians and Surgeons has inauguraTed The policy ol emphasizing prevenTion in all phases oT orThodonTic problems. Space mainTainers, acrylic appliances wiTh simple auxiliary wires Tor The correcTion oT Tipped or driTTing TeeTh, recogniTion and correcTion oT habiTs ThaT aTTecT The normal growTh processes oT The iaws and alveolar process, The psychological and mechanical approach To The correcTion oT various sucking and pressure habiTs, The conTrol oT Tongue ThrusTing, careful observaTion and encouragemenT oT oral cleanliness and operaTive den- TisTry procedures, are The iTems which appear mosT TrequenTly on The record cards of The paTienTs in The clinic. This deparTmenT sTrives To presenT a pracTical course Thaf every graduaTe will carry inTo his oTTice pracTice and which he will be able To use wiTh no exTra or special equip- menT buT by merely making use oT his mind and exercising his digiTal slcill. As his en- Thusiasm Tor prevenTive orThodonTics increases, his experience will enable him To care adequaTely Tor The mosT aTTracTive, appreciaTive and desirable clienTele, The child. -F.T.W. orthodontics 2I

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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

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JOHN K. YOUNG, A.B., A.M., D.D.S. Professor of Bacferiology and Pathology The DeparTmenT oT BacTeriology and PaThology has insTiTuTed a new research proiecT This year, has conTinued iTs work on caries-inhibiTing agenTs, and has made some changes in curriculum lisTings. The new research proiecT is being conducTed in co-operaTion wiTh The EndodonTic Branch of The DeparTmenT oT OperaTive DenTisTry. lT deals wiTh The relaTionship beTween inTecTion and paThology in The apical and periapical regions. RadioacTive beryllium is being used in The sTudies underTalcen by DocTors l.eicesTer and Thomassen in Their search Tor caries-inhibiTing agenTs. The deparTmenT has This year divided iTs undergraduaTe Teaching inTo Three courses: namely, General PaThology, Oncology, and BacTeriology. lT is The sincere wish oT The sTaTT oT This deparTmenT ThaT our research endeavors may be rewarded by noTeworThy Tindings and ThaT in our Teaching program we may conTinue To serve The besT inTeresTs oT The very excellenT sTudenTs iT has been our pleasure To insTrucT. -J. K.Y. y pathology