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

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a-T l'oday's sTudenTs may well remember The cry ThaT was heard aT The beginning oT World War ll regarding The number oT recruiTs reiecTed because oT poor oral healTh. ln order To obTain enough recruiTs Tor The armed serv- ices The sTandards oT denTal healTh had To be lowered. There was a greaT deal oT agiTaTion aT ThaT Time abouT improving The oral healTh oT The youTh oT our counTry. Many educaTional programs were developed aT The denTal school's, denTal socieTy's and The layman's level To prevenT This Trom happening again and an eTTorT was made To raise our denTal healTh sTandards. Children's denTal healTh weelc has been seT aside To make people more conscious oT The needs oT oral healTh, scienTiTic convenTions have been dedicaTed To This end, and much educaTional maTerial has been published and disTribuTed To The proTession and To The public, Television programs have emphasized The imporTance oT denTal care and denTal healTh. WhaT is The picTure Today? Has The siTuaTion im- proved in These eighTeen years? I-las denTal healTh educaTion had iTs eTTecT on The general populaTion oT The counTry? Do we Tind our youTh Today in a beTTer denTal healTh condiTion? Perhaps There has been some improvemenT and This, undoubTedly, will be Tound in cerTain isolaTed communiTies. l-lowever, in reading an arTicle published in a 1959 issue oT The Journal oT The American DenTal AssociaTion reporTing on The sTudy oT over Two Thousand Naval recruiTs To deTermine Their denTal condiTion, and The TacTors ThaT may have inTlu- enced This condiTion prior To Their enTrance inTo The Navy, one wonders iT our eTTorTs have accomplished much good. iT was Tound ThaT The average recruiT had Dean's Message I3.9 diseased, missing, or filled TeeTh. Only 20.870 oT The recruiTs were Tree Trom gingiviTis, meaning ThaT 79.270 had various sTages oT gingiviTis. In reading This arTicle one wonders wheTher our eT- TorTs oT The lasT eighTeen years have noT been in vain when we noTe ThaT The young men reporTing Today Tor miliTary duTy have such a deplorable denTal healTh con- cliTion. DenTal caries and The consequence oT The neglecT oT caries is sTill The mosT common healTh problem oT our young adulTs. UndoubTedly, The denTal healTh week pro- grams, denTal healTh educaTion, eTTorTs oT denTal edu- caTors, denTisTs, school nurses and denTal hygienisTs have had Their eTfecT To a degree, buT sTill The denTal healTh oT our young adulTs Today is a long way Trom whaT we Think iT should be. The American DenTal AssociaTion advises us ThaT There will be a TorTy million caviTy increase per year if we con- Tinue em loying The presenT meThods oT care. Yes, Tlie denTal proTession and lay educaTors have worked hard To solve This problem and musT conTinue To assume This leadership. GraduaTes oT This class musT assume Their place in This role and assume The respon- sibiliTy oT TurThering The cause OT improving The denTal healTh oT Today's and Tomorrow's youTh. WiThouT The supporT oT The young graduaTes The baTTle To improve The denTal healTh oT our youTh will be losT. We Teel cer- Tain ThaT The recenT graduaTe will assume his place in socieTy To help in This program and we Teel conTidenT ThaT as The years pass The sTaTus oT denTal healTh will JOHN TOCCHINI Dean improve immea su ra bly.

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Adminisfraiion and Faculty

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ssociale Dean Charles A. Scrivener, D.D.S., F.l.C.D., F.A.C.-D. Board of Truslees LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. Bernard C. Kingsbury, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Treasurer: Dr. Frederick T. Wesf, A.B., A.Nl., +D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Secrefaryg Dr. John Tocchini, B.S., D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Dean, Dr. Francis J. Herz, D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Chairman, Louis P. Sfeller, Member: Harry H. Hllp, Vice-Chairman. Execulive Commillee FRONT ROW, Iefl fo righf: Dr. John K. Young, Dr. Charles A. Scrlvener, Dr. Jdhn Tocghini, Mrs. Arline E. Robinson, Dr. Henry Leicesler. BACK ROW: Dr. Paul R. Thomassen, Dr. Benramm C. Relnke, Dr. Alvin C. Hlleman, Dr. Jack Werner, Dr. Henry Ralslon.