InciDENTS, Vol. 3 No. 4

Vol. III, No. 4

Inci-DENTS Resumes Activities Following the lull of the Summer season and the hub-bub attendant upon a new semester's beginning, it is good now to draw a deep breath and to turn attention to the many items of interest concern- ing departmental, faculty, staff, and student activities. Inci-DENTS greets one and all as the 1967-68 school year rolls on.

ENDO NOTES

Dr. Harry J. Healey participated in the examinations of the American Board of Endodontics at Walter Reed Hospital just prior to the 1967

annual session of the American Dental Association in Washington, D. C.

He also recently served with the Council on Dental Education site visit teams for the residency program of the Brooklyn Jewish Chronic

Disease Hospital and for ~he graduate program of Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry.

In reply to numerous inquiries, Dr. Healey is pleased to report that following nine weeks of hospitali- zation in Chicago, Mrs. Healey will return home soon. She is making satisfactory progress in her recovery.

MRS. HARVEY GIVEN HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

Mrs. Cleona Harvey was made an honorary member of the Indiana University

School of Dentistry Alumni Association at the fall conference held in

Bloomington in September.

November 15, 1967 DR. HOUSE BECOMES FELLOW

Fellowship in the American College of Dentists was conferred on Dr.

James E. House at the annual meeting of the College in Washington, D. C.

on Sunday, October 29, 1967.

ATTEND A. D. A. MEETING

Among the members of the complete denture department who participated in the meeting of the American Dental Association in Washington, D. C.

were Doctors House, Bailey, Hale, Jordan, Kim and Boone.

DR. ROCHE HONORED

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Dr. James R. Roche, who is currently serving as President of the Indianapolis District Dental Society, was recently elected a member of the Board of Directors of the American Acadenzy- of Pedodontics and he has begun his year as President of the Association of Pedodontic Diplomates.

SHIRLEY SHAZER IN NORWAY

Miss Shirley Shazer spent two months in Bergen, Norway at the invitation of

"the University of Bergen. While there, she instructed technicians. Enroute home, she made stops in Copenhagen and London.

DR. GISH IS PRESIDENT-ELECT

Dr. Charles

w.

Gish was elected President Elect of the American Association of

Public Health Dentists at the association's annual meeting in Washington, D. C. on October 28, 1967.

DR. MITCHELL ATTENDS FDI I"1EETING

This past summer, Dr. Mitchell

attended and participated in the FDI meeting, which was held in Paris, France. While in Europe, he visited his son, David, Jr., who is stationed with the Air Force in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Dr. Mitchell spent October 23-25 in Atlanta, Georgia, serving as one of the board examiners for the elevation to Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Pathology examination.

DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

The Division of Dental Health of the Indiana State Board of Health has

commenced a program of self-application of a therapeutic prophylaxis paste for Fall,

1967.

During the past month, over one thousand children have been treated.

Many members of the Indianapolis District Dental Society are partici- pating in the annual second-grade inspection program. The program which is presented in cooperation with the Division of Public Health Nursing of the Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation, is educational in nature, and provides referral cards with

dental health messages for children and parents. Last year,

17,438

Marion County children were examined by

166

members of the IDDS.

FOR SALE!

Having acquired a

1967

edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica~ the Library is now offering the

1958

edition for sale. If interested, please contact Mrs. Helen Campbell.

DENTAL STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Mr.

Charles Poland, III, senior dental student, was recently elected president of the Dental Students' Council by the other council representatives.

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DEAN HINE HONORED

Dean Maynard K. Hine was the recent recipient of the William J. Gies award during the meeting of the .American Academy of Periodontology in Washington, D. C.

Dean Hine also received an honorary degree of D.Sc. from Case Western

Reserve University on October 20,

1967.

He became an Honorary Fellow of the .American Academy of Dental Science at a meeting in Boston. Massachusetts, on October

19, 1967.

DR. GILMORE

PARTICIPATES IN

ADA

PROGRAMS

At the annual meeting of the American Dental Association held in Washington, D. C. from October

29

through November 1, Dr. H. William Gilmore served as chairman of the National Planning Committee of the American Association of Dental Schools for a workshop in operative dentistry. He also served as vice-chairman of the section on operative dentistry during the

ADA

meeting.

At the time of this meeting, the first copy of Dr. Gilmore's Textbook .91, Operative Dentistry, published by

C.

V.

Mosby, appeared.

DR.

RICHMOND PRESENTS

LECTURE

"Recent Trends in Operative Dentistry-- Techniques and Materials" was the subject of

a

lecture delivered by

Dr.

Norris Richmond at an Indiana State meeting of the National Dental Associa- tion, held on June 20,

1967

at French Lick, Indiana. He has been invited to speak at the national meeting of the Association, which will be held in August,

1968.

DR.

CHALI.AN RE-ELECTED TO

ACADEMY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Varoujan Chalia.n was re-elected for a three-year term to the Board of

Directors of the .American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the recent annual meeting in Washington, D. C.

He was also reappointed as chairman of the membership committee of the Academy.

NEWS AT RILEY DENTAL CLINIC

Dr. Michael Lerner attended the Mott Foundation's course on dental care for the cerebral palsied child in Flint, Michigan. He represented Riley Dental Clinic.

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Dr. W. Bailey Davis became a member of the Association of Pedodontic Diplomates at the annual meeting in Washington, D. C. He also presented his pedodontic board cases to the American Academy of Pedodontics.

As of November l, 1967, Dr. Roger Shurr has been serving as chief resident of pedodontic services at Riley Hospital.

BUST OF DEAN HINE IN LIBRARY A bronze bust of Dean Hine has been made possible through contributions of the Alumni Association. It is currently on display in the library, where it may be seen by any who have not yet had the opportunity to view it.

ITEMS FROM CROWN & BRIDGE Dr. and Mrs. John F. Johnston flew to New York City in October, where they saw two Broadway plays. The occasion for the trip was their 45th wedding anniversary.

Dr. Roland Dykema recently flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lectured during a three-day refresher course presented by the Argentina Prosthodontics Society.

PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY RESEARCH BUILDING

Progress on the preventive dentistry research building to the west of the main building of the Dental School is advancing at a moderate pace. The structure itself is nearing completion, but it will be another three months before the cabinetry is delivered.

March, 1968, is the current target date for occupancy.

DISPLAY TO BE IN MAIN CORRIDOR Very shortly, a display .sponsored by the Lactona Corporation will be in the main corridor of the Dental School.

It will illustrate representative examples of historical tooth brushes and other tooth-cleaning devices. The display has been ohown at the annual

meeting of the .American Dental Association in Washington, D.

c.,

and will be on

loan to the School of Dentistry for a period of two months.

REORGANIZATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES

Several changes have been initiated in the administrative offices, and a familiar face will be returning soon.

Mr. Mike Curtis, former business manager, will be assuming his earlier duties and will have his office in room 104. Mrs.

Benefiel and :Mrs. Brandenstein will exchange places with Mrs. Bauguess and Mrs. Alderfer. Thus, the activities of the Recorder's ofrice will be closer to Mrs. Harvey, and the business activities will be adjacent to the

office of Mr. Curtis. It is anticipated that the change will prove beneficial to all concerned.

NEW LIBRARY HOURS

With the beginning of the Fall, 1967 semester, the library evening hours were extended to cover every night of the week, Monday through Thursday.

Following is a schedule of present library hours:

Monday thru Thursday

8:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.

Friday

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Saturday

9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

PERIODONTIC DEPARTMENT EXPANSION The Periodontic Department has expanded to the east wing of the balcony and has added five new contoured chair units. Everyone is invited to visit our new facilities.

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PEDODONTIC DEPARTMENT NEWS

At the recent annual meeting in Washington D. C., Dr. Paul Starkey completed his term as President of the American Society of Dentistry for Children and relinquished the gavel on Sunday, October 29, 1967.

While in Washington, he also served as Vice-Chairman of the Pedodontic

Scientific Section of the American Dental Association annual meeting.

During this same series of meetings, Dr. Starkey was re-elected Secretary- Treasurer of tlie Association of Pedodontic Diplomates.

On Wednesday, November 8th, Dr. Starkey attended the District Dental meeting of the West Central Dental Society at Frankfort, Indiana, where he introduced Mr. and Mrs. Julian Jackson, who

presented a program on public relations in dentistry. The Jacksons are the public relations agency for the American Society of Dentistry for Children, who expends some $26,000 for this very important service to the dental profession.

Dr. Roger G. Noonan was recently appointed Chairman of the Program Committee of the Kenneth Easlick

Graduate Society for the years 1967-69.

Dr. Noonan also won first place in the area humorous speech contest as a

representative of the Indiana University Medical Center Toastmaster's Club.

PROFESSOR PHILLIPS PARTICIPATES IN VARIED ACTIVITIES

During the month of November, Prof.

Phillips took part in a variety of meetings and programs. On November 10th he participated in a postgraduate course at the University of Baltimore.

He was in Kansas on the 13th for a meeting of the Wichita Dental Society, and will attend a forum in Milwaukee on November 17th. On the 20th, he will meet with the Racine, Wisconsin Dental Society, and on the 29th-30th, he will be in Knoxville for a course for dental assistants sponsored by the Univ. of Tenn.

BELATED WELCOME

Several new faces have appeared since the last issue of Inci-DENTS and we would like to take this opportunity to extend our belated but nonetheless warm welcome:

Ad!Ilinistrative Offices - Mrs. Virginia Brandenstein, Miss Helen Succop, Mrs. Bonnie Predd.

Riley Dental Clinic - Mrs. Anna Belle Koss.

Maxillofacial Prosthetics - Dr. Marvin 0. Barnett is a faculty member of the Louisville School of Dentistry and is a trainee in maxillofacial prosthetics preparatory to setting up and heading such a department in his University.

Crown and Bridge - Mrs. Bonnie Summers.

Operative Dentistry - Dr. George Tiffany is welcomed back to the department and new instructors are Dr. Jonathan Comer, Dr. David Gauss and Dr. Charles Pritchett.

Main Clinic - Mrs. Virginia Houchin, Mrs. Lynn Mills, Mrs. Eleanor Noel.

Library - Joyce McFatridge, replacing Lynda Williams who left the Library in September to devote full time to

work toward her MLS degree in Bloomington Graduate Office - Miss Kay G. Henderson.

Pedodontics - Miss Sharon Keifer, Mrs. Marsha Peirce.

THANKSGIVING RECESS

Our Thanksgiving Recess for the students will begin at the close of clinics

on Tuesday, November 21st at 5:00 P.M.

and will end with the opening of clinics on Monday, November 27th at 8:00 A.M.