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...structure of dentistry is built can it lay claim to be a learned profession or an important branch of the great art and science of healing." As tooth-menders, most dentists realize that they are little more than unrespected artisans working on the fringe of health. As preventers of dental disease, they run the risk of becoming doctors' handymen, in a class with physiotherapists, roentgenologists, pathologists and urinoscopists...
Last week the American Dental Association signaled to the world that henceforth any man or woman licensed to practise dentistry in the U. S. will be well-educated, well-trained. Beginning next September no student will be admitted to any one of the 38 first-class U. S. dental schools unless he has had at least two years of college education. He will not get his Doctorate of Dental Surgery until he has passed four more years grounding himself in such medical fundamentals as anatomy, pathology, diagnosis, hygiene, as well as the special dental problems of jaws, gums and teeth...
...insure that all graduates of U. S. dental schools will henceforth be competent dentists, the A. D. A. last week forced a reorganization of the Dental Educational Council of America. That Council, now composed of teachers in dental schools, State examiners for dental licensure, and one practicing dentist, has, according to the A. D. A., proved incompetent in promoting good educational standards in the dental schools. In the face of vigorous criticism that "dental education was being placed in the hands of politicians of the American Dental Association," a new Council on Dental Education & Infirmaries, dominated by practicing dentists...
...following, the A. D. A. decided last week, are authentic dental specialties: exodontia, oral surgery, periodontia (tissues surrounding teeth), orthodontia (straight teeth), prosthodontia (false teeth), pedodontia (children's teeth). To promote those specialties a vast array of national dental societies met in San Francisco last week or warmed up there the week before: American Dental Association, American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, American Academy of Periodontology, American Association of Dental Editors, American College of Dentists, American Society of Oral Surgeons & Exodontists, Association of American Women Dentists, Association of Military Dental Surgeons of the U. S., National Association of Dental Examiners...
...Class A dental schools in this country, only five are "independent" i.e., not affiliated with a university; San Francisco School of Dentistry, which hopes to join Stanford University; North Pacific College, of Portland, Ore.; Kansas City-Western; Atlanta-Southern; Texas Dental College, Houston. For lack of money Tulane University, Vanderbilt University and University of Cincinnati have closed their dental schools...