. Journal of the New York Institute of Stomatology, American Academy of Dental Science, Harvard Odontological Society and the Metropolitan District (Mas . rofessional progress. It seems to the writer that it should be more instilled intothe formative mind of the young graduate in dentistry that thetrue professional man can maintain the dignity of his calling andat the same time deal justly with all fellow workers in their sep-arate efforts to attain a higher development in our many sidedand complex profession. JAMES TRUMAN. 154 THE JOURNAL. ORTHODONTIA DIAGNOSIS.* BY DR. FREDERICK LESTER STANT
. Journal of the New York Institute of Stomatology, American Academy of Dental Science, Harvard Odontological Society and the Metropolitan District (Mas . rofessional progress. It seems to the writer that it should be more instilled intothe formative mind of the young graduate in dentistry that thetrue professional man can maintain the dignity of his calling andat the same time deal justly with all fellow workers in their sep-arate efforts to attain a higher development in our many sidedand complex profession. JAMES TRUMAN. 154 THE JOURNAL. ORTHODONTIA DIAGNOSIS.* BY DR. FREDERICK LESTER YORK. Diagnosis, scientific discrimination. Orthodontia, the science that has for its object the correc-tion and prevention of mal-occlusion. Quoting from Dr. Angle:Diagnosis in Orthodontia, of course, precedes, and is entirelydistinct from treatment; yet, it is of equal and, if possible, ofgreater importance, for it must govern each and every step thatfollows. On it may depend weeks, months and even years of val-uable time to both patient and operator, to say nothing of the in-convenience to patient, parents and friends. On diagnosis should. No. 1. depend each hour in the treatment and each appliance used; itsform, structure, temper and tension, even to the last , and even more serious than all of these, on the result ofdiagnosis must depend, to no small extent, the appearance andeven the health of the patient for the rest of his life; for all ourefforts make for the normal, which is health and beauty, oragainst the normal, which is the opposite of health and beauty,or deformity—for what is beauty but the absence of deformity?If, then, diagnosis involves such responsibilities, what ex- * Read before The New York Institute of Stomatology, April 2nd, 1907. THE JOURNAL. 155 treme care should we give to it. If there was but one type offace, how soon would we become familiar with its requirements,with its harmonies, and all probable inharmonies. But we know the
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