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ravaged by dental disease that comparatively few teeth are saveable:
consequently extractions and the provision of dentures form a large
part of the treatment.
Although fewer patients have been treated the volume of work
has increased, particularly in the number of fillings for the preschool
child. The attendances show an increase of 255 over 1931.
The dental surgeons were unable to visit all the Maternity
and Child Welfare Centres during the year.
The inspections at the centres are of great value in that they
provide an opportunity for the dental surgeon to give individual
advice to mothers on dental matters regarding their children and
themselves.
Without these inspections mothers do not bring their children
until the latter suffer from toothache, and then it is too late for
conservative treatment.
The mothers attending these inspections are given leaflets
which explain in simple language the care of the teeth and how
treatment may be obtained.