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...rays of the teeth of incoming freshmen have shown that almost five out of every six need dental care. While this may be attributable to the average Harvardman's disdain for the physical, a genteel Bohemianism, or perhaps even to actual cowardliness, the important thing is that something be done to restore a physical basis for Harvard's mental endeavor. As of yet, the University has not adequately met the dental problem...
Application blanks should be secured from the following offices: for students at the College, T. E. Crooks, 54 Dunster St.; GSAS, Assistant Dean B. James Borreson, Administration Office, Morgan Hall, Soldiers Field, Boston; Dental, Dr. Reidar Sognnaes, 25 Shattuck St., Boston; Design, Professor Huson T. Jackson, Robinson Hall; Divinity, Professor R. Pfeiffer, 57 Francis...
...lower plates, or both), and about 10 million more use partial dentures. For the great majority, regular removable plates are sufficient, but others find ordinary false teeth uncomfortable and irritating. For these "denture neurotics" one possible solution is a feat of tiny-scaled civil engineering known as the dental implant, i.e., fastening the denture to the jawbone to hold it in place permanently...
Dozens of implant techniques were tried over the years but most failed because the permanent denture either worked loose or irritated surrounding tissue. In recent years, dental surgeons hit on new methods that may solve the problem. Two basic types...
...semiburied implant, using a Vitallium latticework placed on the mandible, or lower jaw. As the process is described in Implant Dentures (Lippincott; $12) by Drs. Aaron Gershkoff and Norman I. Goldberg of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, soft tissues are sutured over the lattice, leaving four posts protruding in the mouth to support and anchor dentures...