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

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LOWELL N. PETERSON, D.D.S., F.I.C.D., F.A.C.D. Associafe Clinical Professor of Periodonifia AlThough The PeriodonTia DeparTmenT has only been esTablished since l95l , The sub- iecT has been TaughT Tor many years under The deparTmenT oT OperaTive DenTisTry. The principal problem which we are sTill Tacing is The inTegraTion oT The Sophomore, Junior and Senior Teaching program so ThaT iT is progressive and consisTenT. The Sophomore course in Oral Hygiene inTroduces The sTudenT inTo clinical pracTice. l-le becomes Tamiliar wiTh The denTal equipment handling oT paTienTs, and operaTing in The mouTh. The Junior course in PeriodonTia covers The eTiology, diagnosis and principles oT managemenT oT periodonTal disease, wiTh emphasis on making a Thorough examinaTion oT each paTienT. In The Senior year The sTuclenT learns Technique oT surgical procedure in The TreaT- menT oT periodonTal disease, Because our knowledge oT The subiecT oT periodonTia has grown rapidly in recenT years and many oT The problems have been solved, There has been increasing inTeresT shown by The proTession. For These reasons, reTresher courses are oTTered periodically To assisT pracTicing denTisTs in increasing Their abiliTy To conTrol periodonTal disease. -L.N.P. periodnntfia 24 T Q I

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pedodontla ln fhe lasf decade and a half denfal healfh for children has become an imporfanf parf of denfal service. So much so fhaf fhe specialfy of Pedodcnfics has affained a sfafus of imporfance second fo none. The individual pracficing denfisfry for children foday is equipped fo freaf any oral healfh condifion which arises in fhe child's moufh. including prevenfive orfhcdonfics. l-le is expecfed fo have masfered fhe operafive and prosfhodonfic procedures, fo be capable of managing fhe child's behavior in fhe denfal office, and fo perform adeguafe fherapy for pulp-involved feefh. ln fhe lasf several years fhere has been such an increase in fhe number of menfally and physically handicapped children fhaf fhe Pedodonfisf is being forced fo seelc beffer means fo fake care of fhe oral problems of fhese children. By fhe feam work of Pedo- donfisf and Medical Anesfhesiologisf, fhe oral condifions of fhe child can be adequafely cared for by fhe use of a general anesfhefic. -P.W. lvl. PIERRE W. MARQUESS, D.D.S. Assisfanf Clinical Professor of Operafive Denfisfry lPedodoniicsl 2? ff -..,NNLs-S i i Sify. umm 53111111

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HENRY J. RALSTON, B,A., Ph.D. Professor of Physiology The necessarily limiTed Time available Tor physiology and pharmacology land oTher basic sciencesl in denTal school makes iT impossible To devoTe as much aTTenTion To The laboraTory aspecTs as mighT be desirable. AT Physicians and Surgeons This dilTiculTy is compensaTed Tor, as Tar as is possible, in The lecTures which are devoTed largely To describing The basic experimenTs upon which The sciences resT. The human aspecTs oT The sciences are emphasized as much as possible. l:urTher, every eTTorT is made To poinT ouT The ways in which a knowledge oT The TacTs and procedures oT physiology and pharmacology may conTribuTe To The advancemenT oT denTisTry, boTh as a science and as an arT. Finally, The denTal pracTiTioner needs To be Tamiliar wifh The signs and sympToms OT disTurbed TuncTion, as well as The physiology oT The normal human subiecT. To This end, The pafhological aspecTs oT boTh physiology and pharmacology are emphasized in The courses aT Physicians and Surgeons.--l-l.J.R. physiology and pharmacology