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Comment on Dr. Siris’ letter
of surfaces prepared per hour with the new equipment and auxiliary help? It would appear to a practicing dentist that the increase in popula tion can be adequately absorbed by the increased technical knowledge and ability o f the graduating dentists. Y ou certainly are underestimating the capacity of our graduates today. Would it be possible for the A D A Bureau o f Economic Research and Statistics to conduct a poll of the practicing dentists to determine the policy the American Dental Associa tion should follow in this most im portant endeavor?— r a l p h r . m o o r e , d d s , Ionia, Mich.
Gas-actuated syringe In the article “Gas-actuated syringe for administering local anesthetics” (January j a d a , p. 7 3 ), Robert B. Black describes a syringe which does not seem to be provided with the mechanism necessary for aspira tion. The ability to aspirate is a basic safety feature of modern syringes which helps to minimize intravascular injection. Although the gas-activated syringe has some advantages, if it does not have, or cannot be provided with, the ability to aspirate it does not
compare favorably with its conven tional counterpart.—tG e r a l d c o l b e r t , d d s , Dept. Oral Surgery, Mil lard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo
‘Horrendous oversight’? The article, “Gas-actuated syringe for administering local anesthetics,” in the January j o u r n a l reflects some painstaking work by Robert B. Black in the development of an attractive instrument— and a horrendous over sight. Accepted technic for localized anesthetic injection requires an aspi ration test. The value of this func tion is more important than all the purported benefits of the instrument which has been presented. We do hope Doctor Black finds some way to aspirate with his syringe before suggesting its general use. We also noted Doctor Black’s use of 27 and 30 gauge needles. N one finer than a 25 gauge can be con sidered reliable for aspiration. — s. m . s i r i s , d d s , Penns Grove, N.J.
not based on facts. Actually, the matter of aspiration was given a great deal of thought prior to the design and construction o f the first gas-actuated syringes. Also, several oral surgeons, all American Board members, and many general practi tioners were consulted to get their opinions regarding aspiration. My paper, which appeared in the January j a d a , is primarily an initial report describing what is considered an advancement in hypodermic syringes. A stated objective was to duplicate all functions o f the con ventional, hand-actuated syringe. The first models were of the nonaspirat ing type, inasmuch as th'e over whelming majority of dental syringes in use today are of this type. Subsequent to the preparation of fhis paper, a newer design o f gasactuated syringe has been completed which makes aspiration convenient prior to each injection. It is antici pated that gas-actuated syringes will be made available to the profession in both nonaspirating and aspirating types.— r . b . b l a c k , d d s , Corpus Christi, Texas
Com m ent on Dr. Siris’ letter Com ments on new form at In reply to the above comments, I should like to say first that Dr. S. M. Siris’s statement, “horrendous over sight,” is his own assumption and
Fpr comments, both laudatory and con demnatory, on the new format, see pages 584-585.— ED ITO R
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M y guess is that the newspaper audience is growing in intellectual capacity and appetite more rapidly than we are upgrading newspaper content. . . . I think our changing reader wants, and will respond best to, the very highest professional standards in the reporting of serious news throughout the newspaper . . . I am talking about intellectual quality. In my opinion, this new departure in news coverage requires a lot of changes in newspapers. It requires less raw anti-intellectuality in our news rooms . . . a new attitude toward serious news . . . as much interest on the city desk in the local multi-versity as in the local police station . . . a firm conviction that many of the stories which affect people's lives in their homes and cities are to be found in the research institutes, in the laboratories, a t the conventions of scholars.
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Less raw anti-intellectuality, J. Edward Murray, Columbia Journalism Rev., Fall, 1965, p. 33.
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Gas-actuated syringe In the article “Gas-actuated syringe for administering local anesthetics” (January j a d a , p. 7 3 ), Robert B. Black describes a syringe which does not seem to be provided with the mechanism necessary for aspira tion. The ability to aspirate is a basic safety feature of modern syringes which helps to minimize intravascular injection. Although the gas-activated syringe has some advantages, if it does not have, or cannot be provided with, the ability to aspirate it does not
compare favorably with its conven tional counterpart.—tG e r a l d c o l b e r t , d d s , Dept. Oral Surgery, Mil lard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo
‘Horrendous oversight’? The article, “Gas-actuated syringe for administering local anesthetics,” in the January j o u r n a l reflects some painstaking work by Robert B. Black in the development of an attractive instrument— and a horrendous over sight. Accepted technic for localized anesthetic injection requires an aspi ration test. The value of this func tion is more important than all the purported benefits of the instrument which has been presented. We do hope Doctor Black finds some way to aspirate with his syringe before suggesting its general use. We also noted Doctor Black’s use of 27 and 30 gauge needles. N one finer than a 25 gauge can be con sidered reliable for aspiration. — s. m . s i r i s , d d s , Penns Grove, N.J.
not based on facts. Actually, the matter of aspiration was given a great deal of thought prior to the design and construction o f the first gas-actuated syringes. Also, several oral surgeons, all American Board members, and many general practi tioners were consulted to get their opinions regarding aspiration. My paper, which appeared in the January j a d a , is primarily an initial report describing what is considered an advancement in hypodermic syringes. A stated objective was to duplicate all functions o f the con ventional, hand-actuated syringe. The first models were of the nonaspirat ing type, inasmuch as th'e over whelming majority of dental syringes in use today are of this type. Subsequent to the preparation of fhis paper, a newer design o f gasactuated syringe has been completed which makes aspiration convenient prior to each injection. It is antici pated that gas-actuated syringes will be made available to the profession in both nonaspirating and aspirating types.— r . b . b l a c k , d d s , Corpus Christi, Texas
Com m ent on Dr. Siris’ letter Com ments on new form at In reply to the above comments, I should like to say first that Dr. S. M. Siris’s statement, “horrendous over sight,” is his own assumption and
Fpr comments, both laudatory and con demnatory, on the new format, see pages 584-585.— ED ITO R
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Less Raw Anti-intellectuality
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M y guess is that the newspaper audience is growing in intellectual capacity and appetite more rapidly than we are upgrading newspaper content. . . . I think our changing reader wants, and will respond best to, the very highest professional standards in the reporting of serious news throughout the newspaper . . . I am talking about intellectual quality. In my opinion, this new departure in news coverage requires a lot of changes in newspapers. It requires less raw anti-intellectuality in our news rooms . . . a new attitude toward serious news . . . as much interest on the city desk in the local multi-versity as in the local police station . . . a firm conviction that many of the stories which affect people's lives in their homes and cities are to be found in the research institutes, in the laboratories, a t the conventions of scholars.
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Less raw anti-intellectuality, J. Edward Murray, Columbia Journalism Rev., Fall, 1965, p. 33.
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