MAYNARD KIPLINGER HINE, Dean of the School of Dentistry and Chair and Professor of Periodontology. Students gain their educational experience in the School of Dentistry building and many of the hospitals in the Medical Center. On June 1, 1925, by act of the Indiana Legislature, the College was purchased by the state and became the Indiana University School of Dentistry.
The Indiana University Medical Center consists of the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the Training School for Nurses, the Robert W. Students in the School of Dentistry are admitted to all University Hospitals for training and observation in hospital procedures. . The library of Indiana University School of Dentistry, located in the Dental School Building, contains more than 10,000 volumes covering all the dental fields and related subjects.
For the convenience of the freshmen and pre-dental students of the Bloomington cam. All students in the School of Dentistry who are not legal residents of the State of Indiana shall be charged a fee of $280 per term. Through the formation of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Alumni Association, many privileges have been offered to dentists practicing in Indiana.
The purpose of the newsletter is to inform students about the school's activities and progress.
Requirements for Admission, Promotion, and Graduation
Please write the Dean of the School of Dentistry, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis 2, Indiana, for further information. In any course the minimum attendance for which credit will be given, or which will admit a student to the final examination, is 85 percent of the scheduled instructional time in that course. In the event of serious personal illness, duly authenticated, during the school year where a student's attendance falls to not less than 75 percent, he may be allowed to make up 10 percent of the required minimum of 85 percent by work systematic during vacations according to competent instruction at his own expense.
Such work must be done at the School and has the sanction of the Dean and the instructor in charge of the course. Any student who fails to report for examination or fails to complete any part of the required work in any course will receive an incomplete. Failure to remove an incomplete degree within six months (except in clinical courses), to the full satisfaction of the in- . tractor in charge and of the Dean, will constitute a failure.
A student who has incomplete or failed courses or both in courses comprising more than 30 percent of the scheduled hours for the semester may withdraw from the class. For the purposes of these rules, the period between the end of one regular academic year and the beginning of the next academic year shall be considered equivalent to a regular semester.). None of these regulations apply to those graduate courses that normally do not require completion of a part of the course at the end of the semester.
If the student has not removed the Incomplete within two semesters of residence, the dean of the school in which he is currently enrolled will authorize the Office of Records and Admissions to change the Incomplete to an F. An Incomplete grade may be removed in a of the following ways: (a) By the student completing the course within the time limit and the instructor sending the appropriate Incomplete Card Release to the Office of Records and Adm1ss10s. b) From the student who withdraws from the course in which he received the incomplete according to the usual procedure. Withdrawals, approved by the dean of the student's school, during the first four weeks of a full semester and during the first two weeks of a summer session, are arbitrarily marked W.
Withdrawals, approved by the dean of the student's school, after the first four weeks of a regular semester and after a two-week summer session, are marked with W or WF, depending on whether the student passes or fails the course work. at the time of withdrawal. The dental clinics will be open for most of the summer months to allow Indiana University students to gain additional clinical instruction and experience. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery must possess good moral character, must have been students of good conduct while in school, and have completed all required work in the curriculum to the satisfaction of the faculty.
Courses 1n the School of Dentistry, 1953-54
An introduction to the study of infectious diseases, with an emphasis on the nature of the pathogens responsible and the body's response to them. A series of lectures and discussions on various aspects of dentistry will be presented, designed to assist in the orientation of first-year dental students. A series of lectures are given in which the chemical composition of teeth is discussed and known preventive measures are evaluated.
Continuation of the diagnostic course in the first year (D711-D712). The senior student is commissioned for clinical practice only and thus has an opportunity to see and study at first hand the various types of oral diseases, J) which occur in the many patients who come for treatment. This course is designed to instill in the student an appreciation of the fundamental principles of oral surgery. The course includes lectures, seminars, clinical practice, and demonstrations in the diagnosis, treatment planning, and surgical management of oral disease, including tumors, impacted teeth, alveolar abscesses, deformities, cleft lip and cleft palate, and jaw fractures. .
The normal pattern of the face and the fundamental principles of normal occlusion are emphasized; special attention is given to the growth and development of the face and dental mechanism. In the lecture and laboratory period of the second semester, the student learns treatment procedures and performs technical exercises used in the prevention and correction of malocclusions. In the study of the principles of disease production in the human body, gross specimens and histological analyzes are used as the means of learning the general ways in which the living tissues and organs of the body react to various harmful agents.
Detailed investigations of developmental abnormalities and acquired disorders of the teeth and surrounding structures are made in this course. This course includes a study of the periodontal diseases faced by the practitioner: their etiology, symptomatology and accepted methods of treatment. A discussion of the mechanism by which drugs produce their effects, illustrated by laboratory observations of the action of representative drugs on living organisms.
A discussion of the more important systemic diseases and of the drugs used in their treatment. Lectures include considerations of dentistry in prehistoric, ancient, medieval and modern periods with discussions of the development of modern phases of practice. Lectures, seminars, reading assignments and clinical practice in the various problems encountered in prosthetic interventions.
Lectures include the study of the physical principles of radiography, terminology, manipulation of the X-ray machine, the dangers of X-rays, film processing and more. In this course, students will be able to perform dental procedures in the clinics of the Faculty of Dentistry.
Graduate Study in Dentistry
Advanced courses (lectures, laboratory work seminars, and special assignments) (adjusted credits) are offered in the following subjects: D901, Advanced Oral Histology; D902, Advanced oral pathology; D903, Advanced Oral Bacteriology; D904, Advanced Anatomy of the Head and Neck; D905, Growth and development of the head; D906, Basics of Closure; D907, Advanced Dental Materials. Advanced clinical courses (adjusted credits, no more than eight hours) are given in the following subjects: D940, Advanced Orthodontics; D941, Advanced Pedodontics; D942, Advanced Radiology;.
Postgraduate Study in Dentistry
The Curriculum for Dental Hygienists
