University of Texas Dental Branch - Fang Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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GENERAL PRACTICE The elusive Department of General Practice is in the enviable and rare position of having more staff members than it actually needs at the present time. Being that it is mainly concerned with the Senior student, and in lieu of the fact that it has already begun bol- stering its ranks for the large Class of '79, the department has taken to loaning its members to other departments in need of extra manpower at the present time. These mercenary instructors are well-known to freshman and sophomore students as the ones who, when confronted with a seemingly unfair grade on a proiect, will reply, You'll have to ask Dr. so-and-so, I'm only on loan to this department. ln spite of this, and even considering the mysterious fact that Seniors are not inclined to discuss the habits of this department with anyone, the General Practice faculty continues to be one of the consistent favorites among dental students. f ..... Ki if Dr. Rick Buchanan Dr. Tom Williams ''923:!c.:,.:1-Qikivbqzfe ' :Q It . -'-' Lucille Birdsong, Secretary QB I ,.,., s ,JK Dr. H. Eddie Wyss Dr. Lorellis Sherrill Y Dr. Robert Clayton Dr. Billy Rigsby, Chairman Dr. John Longo Dr. David Snyder N-...R Dr. Richard Carr q..+,,,. Q

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Deonn Schirmer, Secretary Dr. Jose Garcia, Chairman Dr. Cindy Catolani Dr. J. D. Robertson ENDODONTICS Students rarely worry about gaining enough experience in endo- dontics. ln fact, they usually end up the year with five times more experience than they would have needed to fulfill their require- ments. Whether this is by design or accident usually determines who receives the year's achievement award and who has the pleas- ure ofa second chance at that award . . . next year. Lynn Higginbotham Dr. Jack Fielden DEN TAL A TOM Y A basic freshman course to which a few upper classmen are annually banished to improve their skills in waxing, balancing occlusion and distinguishing a maxillary first molar from o mandi- bular incisor. The department deserves accolades for their patience, for without them, the Crown-and-Bridge department would have nothing to criticize us for as having learned incorrectly the year before. lt is here that we first learn what an articulator is, and some of the sharper students even learn what it is for and how to use it! The beginning student also is first exposed to subjectivity here, and soon realizes that occlusion is one thing, but shine is EVERYTHING!! Dr. Dean Harmison V.k-k , Q, f Dr. Glenn Vyohers Dr. Russell Grandich, Chairman -rw- N25

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. .i L 1 , n,,fWL Dr. James Childers, Chairman 12 E Dr. Jack Hardage ,evans A b Dr. James Vernetti h,,4j,..,--,,....,K 'Wil , OPERA Tl VE DEN TIS TR Y Obviously . . . at least in our hands, operative dentistry has always been very challeng- ing, to say the least. Harkening back to the criteria expressed in our manuals, we quickly discovered the exacting, albeit, subiective, nature of G. V. Black's criteria for cavity prepa- ration. A dedicated and experienced staff guides us through this most important phase of our training. ln addition, kamp kutta preppa looms threateningly in our midst for further impetus. Most students are quick to agree that this department is perhaps the most fair and conscientious of all the dental departments, though, which is especially fortunate since this is considered the bread-and-butter phase of dentistry. was-.., of Dr. John Boynton Dr. A. J. Murray fl' as ., Dr. Jack Patterson Dr. James Zinck ' Faune McPeake, Administrative Brenda West Sheila Wright Secretary Dr. Jack Rheiner