Date of Award

5-1939

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Dentistry

Abstract

It is in little things that we show our real character; so it is in the minuteness of our manipulations as dentists that we leave our marks for our good or bad workmanship. To the casual observer, our general character may be accepted as far above the average; but many of us are so loose in little things, so careless and uncultured in our everyday language, tastes, and mannerisms, if not really repulsive in many things observable to our intimate friends and patrons, that, if it were not for their charity, we should repel them. And so in our dental work: we drive ahead as though we were masters of every intricacy of the way; we hammer and pound as if we could not make a false strike; we hurry and run through all manipulations as though they were trifles, and because our work looks finally presentable, we get the credit of being good workmen. "Dead men tell no tales" says the physician; and we dentists sometimes work as though the nice finish of a filling will hide all the defects. But sooner or later, the doctor’s dead do tell on his practice; and our bad work will disclose itself.

Comments

...being a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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