View report page

23
other form of dental treatment during pregnancy dies hard, but an
increasing number of expectant mothers avail themselves of the
treatment obtainable at the Dental Clinic, with in many cases
marked improvement in their general health.
Dental Clinic.
The Dental Clinic was opened on March 8 at the Western Road
Centre. Two sessions are held each month. At the first session
the Dentist attends, and inspections, extractions under local
anaesthesia, fillings, scalings, impressions and the fitting of dentures
are carried out. At the second session the doctor attends to give
gas for extractions. The dental clinic is open to children under
school age, and to expectant mothers. The total number of patients
who attended was 54, the total attendances being 118. Of these, 59
were for extractions, and of these extractions 43 were done under
nitrous oxide gas or ethyl chloride anaesthesia and 16 under local
anaesthesia. There were 34 attendances for inspection, 15 for
fillings, 2 for scalings, 4 for impressions, and 4 for the fitting of
dentures. In necessitous cases assistance was granted by the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee towards the cost of new
dentures.
Florence M. Parsons,
M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.