Miniature wax sculpturing: a thirty-year experiment

Abstract

In 1929 the University of Southern 'Cali­ fornia School of Dentistry began an ex­ perimental project of wax figure carving for freshmen students. The project is still being carried on. A comparison of grade records over the past 30 years with the original evaluations of the carvings shows that accurate prediction of out­ standing students, misfits and under aver­ age students has averaged about 90 per cent correct. The chalk carving aptitude testing program adopted in the early 1950’s by the American Dental Associa­ tion has largely eliminated the misfits who might otherwise have spent needless time and money in attempting the study of dentistry.