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Considerable staff changes occurred during the year with the result that
several surgeries were not fully worked, Mr, P.Bernard was appointed as a
Sessional Orthodontist and Mr. A.Ebrahim joined the service as a part-time
Dental Officer. Mrs. G. Sowray, who joined the service as a part-time
Dental Officer in 1968 became a full-time Officer towards the end of 1969.
Three Dental Surgery Assistants resigned during the year. Miss Croskerry
returned to Ireland, Miss Rosenquist returned to Sweden and Miss Donaldson
transferred to School Nursing. These Dental Surgery Assistants were replaced
by Mrs. Curtis, Miss Thomson and Mrs. Toms.
It was with regret that in September the Borough lost the services of
Mr. G. Howard, the Principal Dental Officer, on his promotion to the post
of Dental Officer at the Department of Education and Science.
Every success is wished to him in his new post and thanks are expressed
to him for his services over the past two years, A new Principal Dental
Officer, Mr. P.T. Fuller, has been appointed to commence his duties on 1st
January, 1970.
Postgraduate Studies
It is the policy of the Borough to encourage its professional staff to
attend post-graduate courses to enable them to keep uo to date and to extend
their specialist knowledge.
During the year Mr. C. Howard attended a symposium on "Diet and Dental
Health", Mr. I.G. Fogg, attended a course on "Organisation for efficient
dental services", and Mr. Y.S. Pradham a course on "Child Dental Health".
Mrs. J.Lewis attended the annual meeting of the British Association of
Dental Auxiliaries.
Mr. C.Howard, Mrs. J.Lewis, and Mr. I.G.Fogg attended part of the
annual conference of the British Dental Association at Bournemouth. The
Borough was honoured by having the dental health unit on display at the
annual conference of the British Dental Association.
Mr.C.Howard continued to attend the course for the Diploma in Dental
Public Health and he is to be congratulated on being successful in
gaining the Diploma,
Orthodontics
During the year Mr.P. Bernard commenced working two sessions weekly
for the Borough, His appointment considerably improved the specialist
dental services of the Borough and enables a more comprehensive treatment
service to be given. At present these two sessions are adequate to cope with
the demand for orthodontic treatment but it is probable that if regular
dental inspections are carried out in secondary schools there would be a big
increase in demand for orthodontic treatment.
Dental Health Education
As in previous years considerable emphasis has been attached to the
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