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not allowed surgery assistance) are not the equivalent of a dental
officer. The supervision required also occupies time that would
normally be spent on patients. Thus it will be seen that both the
dental auxiliary and the supervisory dental officer tend to lower the
average level of work done in the area.
Orthodontic Inspection and Treatment
This part of the service remains in great need of expansion
and we have not been successful in appointing additional staff to enable
us to deal with the very long waiting list. In fact, as has already
been stated, the orthodontic sessions were reduced for one quarter of
the year resulting in 358½ sessions being undertaken compared with 431
last year. The number of pupils inspected and found to require treatment
did not vary, but the number actually treated and most of the
items of treatment carried out, showed a corresponding decrease.
243 sessions were worked by the orthodontist and 115s by dental
officers, consisting of 60½ day and 55 evening sessions, the latter
continuing to be very popular.
All the surgeries in the clinics have now been modernised
and are well equipped, with the exception of two which are to be
replaced by new premises. The opening of the High Cross Dental
Clinic, Tottenham, is imminent, and the second surgery should have
a beneficial effect on the service, allowing for expansion, iong overdue,
but until now prevented by shortage of accommodation. It is
hoped that building in Hornsey at Fortis Green and Burgoyne Road
will be started in 1964.