The Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, 1916-2016: A Dental School on University Lines

ISBN-13: 9780231180887 Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication date: 10/11/2016 Series: Columbiana Pages: 304 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Age Range: 18 Years In 1916, Columbia University established the School of Dentistry (now known as the College of Dental Medicine). In 1917, the university merged the school with the newly acquired New York Post-graduate School of Dentistry and New York School of Dental Hygiene. To those working in the health sciences, the move was a powerful signal of a field on the rise. It recognized dental medicine as a key component of individual and social well-being and initiated a monumental era in medical innovation and progressive public health outcomes.This hundred-year history shares the turbulent story of dentistry, a medical field in the making. It recounts the institutional battles and research controversies that set the terms for the development and practice of dentistry. The assimilation of the dental school into the univer