It is slightly more than thirty years since I was first introduced to endodontics. Actually root canal therapy was the term then in use, as endodontics did not find its place in dental nomenclature until the year 1943. I was fortunate in being one of a group, in company with Dean Ellis, who sat about a table in the city of Chicago in that

At present, the dental profession not only expends
efforts in the restoration of diseased and missing teeth
but also in the education of the public concerning oral
hygiene measures and prevention. The emphasis upon pie.
“mite dentistry and the desire within the profession to
provide more beneficial measures to the public have led
to the need for auxiliary personnel. The dental hygienist
is a recent addition to the dental health team.

HYA YAKA

1958-1959

Volume 54

1959

Published by the Council of The Dental Students' Society, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Page 1

To The Graduates of 230 College St.

After the fire is out, so much darkness!" these are a few lines from a little Japanese poem but their portent is so deep and so forlorn.

The old and the new.

A message from the Dean . . .

The building at 230 College Street, occupied by the Faculty of Dentistry, is just fifty years old. It has served the profession well. Within its walls a host of students have been instructed by loyal teachers, so that upon  graduation, these students were ready‘ to assume their professional responsibilities. The old building bears mute testimony to the many changes that have taken place in order that improvements in the curriculum and new technical procedures might be taught to ‘dental students.