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School Dental Service.
I am indebted to Mr. P. G. Arnold, L.D.S., R.C.S.(Eng.)
for the following report: —
As you know this Dental Clinic has only been operating
since June and then only on two days a week. Despite this
we have been able to inspect and treat three schools already.
At these inspections I have noticed that many children are
receiving conservation treatment of a very high standard
from private practitioners (mainly in Bexleyheath and Sidcup).
On the other hand many of these children have orthodontic
deformities for which they do not seem to be receiving
treatment, possibly because many private practitioners
feel they cannot provide this more specialised treatment and
there are long waiting lists at many of the hospitals.
I hope to have inspected and treated all the schools
allotted to me by about midsummer. Thereafter, for the
majority of the patients in these schools, treatment will be
for the maintenance of a mouth made dentally healthy,
assuming of course, that the patient is seen at sufficiently
short intervals. I think, therefore, that provided circumstances
remain the same the outlook for 1958 is good.
And to Mrs. A. B. Perkins L.D.S., R.S.P.S., (Glas.) for
the following: —
The dental surgery at Little Danson Clinic has been
operating full time since June 1957. Since then, 1,090 children
have been inspected at school which is 28% of the
school population allotted to this surgery. Of these, it was
found that 88% required treatment. The number actually
treated was 541.