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Aside from a couple of dull reunions in the 21st century, the main result of the revised program, says Goldhaber, will be dentists who can "interact on a level that straight dental technology does not provide." As Goldhaber sees it, dental medicine should eventually become "a hybrid--combining the art and science of dentistry with biomedical research or with knowledge of health-care delivery systems." In short, the school now seeks to train practitioners whose skills encompass not only dentistry but also the broader field of social medicine...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Whatever Happened to The Class of 1983? | 2/11/1983 | See Source »

This fall, Goldhaber will keep an especially close watch on the first group of dental students to enter their fifth year. Nine or ten--about half the class--will study at other schools, while the remainder pursue further medical research...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Whatever Happened to The Class of 1983? | 2/11/1983 | See Source »

Even with the extra year, tuition and fees for the School of Dental Medicine are only the twelfth most expensive in the country at $50.286. The national average is $29.453, but most dental schools offer three-or four-year curricula...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Whatever Happened to The Class of 1983? | 2/11/1983 | See Source »

...five-year program was designed to overcome objections about the school's small size. Goldhaber says. Unless the graduates went on to achieve extraordinary success and had "some sort of ripple effect," says the dean, "one could question whether with that small enrollment it was worth having a dental school...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Whatever Happened to The Class of 1983? | 2/11/1983 | See Source »

Then in 1941 came a change in name, from the Dental School to the School of Dental Medicine, and along with it, a new five-year curriculum towards both the M.D. and dentistry degrees. But as Goldhaber explains it, the armed forces disapproved of the time-consuming double degree and, with a military fervor sweeping the country, the school decided to change its program once again...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Whatever Happened to The Class of 1983? | 2/11/1983 | See Source »

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