Medicine: Dentists

Some dental schools require only a high school diploma as entrance requirements; most demand one year of college work; very few a college degree. The dental student, realizing the profits a specialist earns, looks to becoming a dental hygienist, radiographer or exodontist. With perseverance, time and money he may become a dentist with a B. S. degree, M. S., or even D. D. S. But the run of the profession know little beyond immediate teeth conditions and their alleviation. In Chicago last week 12,000 dentists attending the 62nd annual meeting of the...

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