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The dental auxiliaries have also in 1966 expanded their dental health
education talks to nursery schools; this seems to be showing a healthy response.
The need to get many more of the under-five children to receive regular
dental treatment and care must be one of our main objectives. It is only by
starting at an early age that the importance of good teeth and oral hygiene will
be realised.
DENTAL SERVICE STATISTICS
Sessions (½days) worked
1. Sessions devoted to inspection 83
2. Sessions devoted to dental health education 183
3. Sessions devoted to treatment 2,865
4. Sessions devoted to treatment of mothers and young
children 287
Total 3,418
School Dental Inspection
5. Number of pupils first inspected at school 10,070
Number of pupils first inspected at clinic 3,091
Number of pupils found to require treatment 8,749
Number of pupils offered treatment 8,678
Number of pupils re-inspected at school or clinic 693
Number of pupils found to require treatment 413
Treatment
6. Number of pupils actually treated 4,503
7. Number of attendances made 14,370
8. Number of fillings in permanent teeth 8,672
9. Number of fillings in deciduous teeth 4,578
10. Permanent teeth extracted 739
11. Deciduous teeth extracted 2,265
12. General anaesthetics given 1,161
13. Number of pupils x-rayed 246
14. Number of pupils supplied with dentures 10
Orthodontics
15. New cases commenced 100
16. Cases remaining from previous year 63
17. Cases completed 41
18. Cases discontinued 12
19. Number of appliances fitted 128
20. Pupils referred to hospital consultant 28
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