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WORK OF THE SCHOOL DENTIST.
Mr. H. Drake continued his work throughout the year.
The work has been highly successful and evidently
appreciated by the children and parents. The main principles
of the work were described in my last report, and it
will suffice to give the figures for this year.
Number of children inspected at school:—
Primarily 1,354
Re-inspected 175
1529
Number of children with sound teeth 447 or 29%
Number of children requiring treatment 1,082
„ „ accepting treatment.. 6260^8%
Number of children on whom treatment
was completed during the year:—
Children in routine group, 7-8 years—
Boys 299
Girls 306
605
At other ages (casuals)—
Boys 267
Girls 398
665
Total 1,270
Total attendances made by children 3,198
Treatment comprised:—Dressings, 237;
Fillings, 1,194; Scalings, 20; Root
Fillings, 11 Alveolar Abscess, 4;
Regulations, 14; Ulcerative Stomatitis,
1.
Teeth extracted—Temporary 2,203
Permanent 497
2,700