EXECUTIVE SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Wells, Chairman; Briscoe Vice President and Dean of Faculties; Vice President and Treasurer Franklin; Dean Hine; Trustees Maurer and McCarty; Administrator Martin, Secretary. MAYNARD K1PLINGER HINE, Dean of the School of Dentistry and Head and Professor of Periodontology and Histopathology. ALVIN OVERLIN HUMPHREYS, Crown and Bridge Assistant Professor (on leave of absence, commencing July 1, 1949).
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. Indiana University Medical Center consists of the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, Robert W.
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For the convenience of the predental and graduate dental student, an office on the Bloomington campus is maintained one day each week by Dean Maynard K. The average gross amount spent by dental school students is largely regulated by the spending habits of the dental school. individual. This is only desirable when it is absolutely necessary, as schoolwork should be the first and foremost interest in the student's life.
All predental students enrolled in the Junior Division or the College of Arts and Sciences, if they are legal residents of the state of Indiana, are charged a fee of $48. Predental students who are not legal residents of the state of Indiana and who are enrolled in the above schools are charged a fee of $153. For senior students who are residents of the state, the fees are $114.50 per semester.
All students in the School of Dentistry who are not legal residents of the state of Indiana will be charged a fee of $213.25 per semester for the first three years. The approximate cost of the instruments is as follows: First year, $30; Second year, $560; New Year,. Indiana University Medical Center offers a student health service for students of the Schools of Med-.
These elections are based on individual student merit, and all nominations are made from those who place in the top third of their class. Under the auspices of the American Dental Association and the Faculty, a chapter of student members of the American Dental Association is organized, which is a fully recognized association in which all students of dental medicine are included. schools are eligible for membership. All members of this group automatically become members of the American Dent: I Association upon graduation from this institution.
The establishment of the Indiana University School of Dentistry Alumni Association has provided many privileges to the dentists practicing in India. The purpose of the bulletin is to keep the alumni informed about school activities and progress. Faculty members are available to lecture and clinic for district and local dental associations and study clubs throughout the state.
Requirements for Admission, Promotion, and Graduation
- In case of serious personal illness, properly attested, during- the school year whereby a student's attendance falls to not below 75
- Instruction in all courses will begin as scheduled. No student may obtain credit for the year's work who has not completed his·
- S+tudents will be penalized by double absence ~arks for absences on the two days immediately preceding and one day im-
- A student's grade of scholarship in each of his courses is
- Any tudent who fails to report for examination or fails to p rform any part of the required work in any course will receive
- Failure to remove an incomplete or a condition grade within six month , to the entire satisfaction of the instructor in charge and
- A student who has conditions or failures, or both, in course amounting to more than 30 per cent of the scheduled hours
- No student will be promoted to advanced standing unless he ha to his credit an equal number of hours and credit points
- The Faculty reserves the right to terminate the connection of any student with the School at any time for improper conduct,
Students must submit their proposed program to the Registrar of the Dental School and have it approved at the beginning of their predental course to ensure that their program is adequate. The following is the outline of the program for the predental courses as now offered at the Indiana University Bloomington Campus. 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 points will be recognized or which will admit a student to the final examination is 85 percent of the class time scheduled for that course. In the case of serious personal illness, duly certified, during the school year in which the student's attendance does not fall below 75, he may be allowed to substitute 10 percent of the student's attendance to less than 75 percent. by systematic work during vacation according to the competent instructions at his own expense, he requires at least 85 percent. Such work must be completed at the school and must be approved by the dean and the instructor leading the course.
The quality of the student's work will be marked by the following grades: A, B, C, D, E (conditional) and F (failed). Failure to pass the exam to remove the condition is considered a failure and prohibits the student from advancing to the senior year. The student may not take the remedial exam to remove the condition if he does not submit to the instructor a certificate of payment for the remedial exam.
Any student who fails to report for an examination or fails to complete any part of the required work in a course will receive to complete any part of the required work in any course will receive an incomplete work. Failure to remove an incomplete or a condition grade within six months, to the full satisfaction of the instructor-in-charge, and six months, to the full satisfaction of the instructor-in-charge and the dean, will constitute a failure. A student who has conditions or failure or both in a course that amounts to more than 30 per cent. of the scheduled hour. courses that make up more than 30 per cent of the scheduled hours for the semester, can start from his class.
No student will be promoted to advanced standing unless he has an equal number of hours and credit points to his credit. The dental clinics will be open during most of the summer months to allow Indiana University students to obtain additional clinical instruction and experience. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Dentistry must be of good moral character, must have been students of good behavior while in school, and have completed all the required work of the curriculum to the satisfaction of the Faculty.
Courses in the School of Dentistry, 1950-51
Indications and contraindications for fixed bridges; construction and use of some typical bridges, the construction of which is carried out in the technical laboratory. Lectures and exercises on the preparation and use of porcelain and acrylic restorations in dentistry. Physical and chemical properties of materials used in dentistry and the influence of manipulation on these properties.
An introduction to the study of infectious diseases with emphasis on the nature of the agents responsible and the body's response to them. The theory underlying the avoidance of infection; subjects relating to fatigue, physical adaptation to the practice of dentistry as a profession, married life and other Ii f e situations. Lectures and discussion of problems relating to Public Health as applied to dentistry; how health problems are integrated with local communities; state and national programs.
This course presents the fundamental principles and technical procedures of operative dentistry, including the classification and selection of instruments, cavity preparations, physical properties and manipulation of filling materials, and root canal technique, which prepares the student for clinical practice in the first year.
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Clinical applications of operative procedures taught in the second year are made in this course. Oral examination, diagnosis and treatment planning and investigations of erosion, hypoplasia and dental anomalies receive special attention. Students receive lectures and clinical practice in oral examination, history taking and coordination of symptomatology.
Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of radiographs and the detection of etiological factors, both systemic and local, of oral disorders. The Senior student is scheduled for clinical practice only and therefore has the opportunity to see and study firsthand the different types of oral diseases present in the many patients who present for treatment. During the second semester, small groups are assigned to surgery, for demonstrations or sedation of patients, and surgical technique is demonstrated for patients under general anesthesia.
Modern methods used to administer local anesthesia, surgical procedures used to remove teeth. Practical demonstrations of difficult and unusual cases are given at regular intervals to regularly assigned groups. This course is designed to instill in the student an understanding of the basic principles of surgery as they apply to the mouth.
The course includes study of etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment of oral disorders including tumors, affected teeth, alveolar abscesses, deformities, cleft lip and.
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This course includes a study of the periodontal diseases that confront the general practitioner: their etiology, symptomatology and accepted methods of treatment. Emphasis is placed on the agents considered important in dental practice, such as antiseptics, astringents, counterirritants, caustics, blunts, hemostatics, and local anesthetics. A discussion of the more important medical diseases and of the drugs used in their treatment.
Lectures and study of cases on basic law, with particular attention to contracts and torts, as applied to the dental practice and on the professional relationship, its duties and liabilities, malpractice and statutes governing the dental practice. Designed to present a complete picture of the dental practice from the standpoint of business efficiency, office management, patient management, a professional understanding of community needs, professional collaboration, practice philosophy, collections, credit, professional growth and civic responsibility. duties.
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Graduate Study in Dentistry
A degree in dentistry from a recognized dental school
At least thirty semester hours of University credit, includ- ing the thesis, must be earned, with a minimum of twenty hours in
Candidates for the Master of Science degree must conduct a research problem and prepare a satisfactory thesis. Credits of
Graduate students may become candidates for the degree Master of Science upon certification by the Dean of the School of
Graduate students who complete this program of study and research with a high standard of achievement, and who pass suc-
List of Students, First and Second Semesters, 1949-50
Graduates, 1949
