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Seven hundred and fifty-three freshman had defects revealed by the bite-wing dental X-ray. Of these, 135 had defects in urgent need of treatment if they were to avoid loss of teeth. All 1030 freshmen X-rayed received letters from the department indicating whether they needed treatment and the urgency of their case. About 70 members of the class failed to have X-rays or had defective ones...
...examination is only part of a dental examination. A leaflet recently released by the Hygiene Department suggests examination by a dentist at least once a year as an effective means of detecting decay...
...Department offers restorative dentistry such as fillings and dental prohylaxis by appointment with charges on the term bill. These charges are not covered by the new comprehensive medical insurance plan. Emergency treatment such as repairs to teeth injured in accidents is, however, covered by the plan...
...President Conant dismissed 120 of the 125-man staff at the Harvard Dental School and closed the 73-year-old institution. In its place he later opened the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and caused the greatest row in professional education since the Law School switched to the case system of study under Dean Langdell...
Conant sent dental students to the Medical School for basic science in struction because 1) it is better there than it was at the old Dental School and 2) it makes the dentist aware that he is dealing with a part of medicine and of the human body, not a unit in itself. Furthermore, the new School of Dental Medicine was to emphasize research as a means to preventive dentistry. Theory was to become of much more importance in the training of a practicing dentist...