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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL DENTAL OFFICER AND
CHIEF DENTAL OFFICER
The School Dental Service, which is run on behalf of the Inner London Education Authority in
conjunction with the Borough service, continued at a fairly even pace during 1973. There was a slight
increase in sessions compared with 1972 and an increase in the whole-time equivalent of dental
officers from 4.8 to 6.3, this being due in part to the opening of the new dental clinic at Highbury
Grange.
The number of sessions devoted to Dental Health Education rose substantially from 13 in 1972 to
90.8 in 1973, and in the same connection puppet shows were held in schools in the Borough.
The orthodontic service expanded to six sessions and registered considerable progress. New
cases numbered 87 against 45 in 1972, removable appliances fitted, 66 against 46 and fixed
appliances 55 against 4.
As far as fillings in both permanent and temporary teeth were concerned, the figures were 5.8
against 6 for 1972 - still above the national average.
Thus it would be fair to say that the service on the whole maintained the levels of the preceding
year.