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by filling rather than by extraction. Conservative dentistry
includes also preventive measures, such extraction work as
contributes to the preservation of the dentition as a whole,
and any mechanical devices necessary to regulate the teeth.
"6. A school nurse, or other attendant, should be
present to assist the dentist at the time of treatment.
"7. General anaesthetics, if required, should in all cases
be administered by one of the Authority's medical officers,
or by some other qualified medical practitioner.
"8. Provision should, as far as practicable, be made
for the re-examination at intervals of not more than a year,
of children who have received dental treatment, and for
supplementary treatment if such is found to be necessary.
"9. The accommodation proposed for a dental clinic
should include as a minimum (a) a waiting room, (b) an
operating room, and (c) a small rinsing room, which can
be used also for recovery after the administration of
an anaesthetic."
Situation of Dental Clinic.—The necessary rooms for
the establishment of a clinic for one dentist, exist at 225,
High Road, Kilburn, N.W., where the ringworm clinic is
established.