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2. Provision of an exercise in which all the dental profession in the area would
be involved; i.e the general dental practitioner, the school dental officer
and the hospital dental surgeon together with those dental students who
provide clinical treatment for children.
3. Provision of a method whereby a simple statistical analysis of treatment
received and the category of dentists from which it was received can beobtained.
The method is:
1. Stamp collection - two systems of stamp collection have been tried:
a) Old system- the children are issued with individual collecting cards
which they kept themselves and took to their dentist and upon which the
stamps were fixed,
b) New system- every class in the primary schools has a wall collecting
chart upon which there are lines for each child to stick the stamps which
are collected from the dentist and brought to the school.
2. Stamp distribution- all local general dental practitioners, at their
practices, school dental officers at local clinics and the staff and students
at the local London Hospital Medical College Dental School, are issued with
books of each of the four coloured stamps for distribution to Tower Hamlets
children, but to be issued only in relation to the treatment received.
3. Stamps- are issued in four colours:
a RED Stamp for an examination
a SILVER stamp for a filling
a BLACK stamp for an extraction and
a GOLD stamp as a bonus when all treatment is completed and the child is
dentally fit; i.e. to stay the course means an extra stamp.
ONE RED AND THREE GOLD STAMPS are given to children when they are found to be
dentally fit and not requiring any treatment at their routine check up.
4. Badges - are given as a 'dental health award'
a) Old system - when twelve stamps have been achieved.
b) New system - when ten stamps have been achieved.
5. Class awards and the Golden Toothbrush Trophy - during 1970 the best dental
stamp class in each school will be given an award at the end of the school
year and the best dental health stamp school will achieve the Golden
Toothbrush Trophy,
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