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School Dental Service
Mr. L.C. Mandeville, L.D.S., R.C.S., Principal School Dental Officer, reports as
follows:-
The School Dental Service has the following functions:-
1. The routine dental inspection of children at school.
2. Ensuring that any necessary dental treatment is received, either from the
Council's own dentists or by attendance at a private dentist.
3. Dental Health Education.
Dental sessions are held at 13 of the Council's clinics.
The establishment of dental staff includes 14 dental officers and 18 surgery
assistants. At the end of the year a full-time equivalent of 10 dental officers and 10
surgery assistants was employed but 1 dental officer had been on sick leave for 5
months which reduced the effective strength to 9 during that period. This situation
is reflected in the figures given below.
New national salary scales commenced 1st July, and it is hoped that these will
help to induce dentists to enter local government and allow a stable and satisfactory
service to be given.
Dental Inspections
The figures for dental inspection during the year were as follows:-
Routine dental inspections during 1967 56.2% of school pop.
Found to require treatment 58.9%
Sessions devoted to inspection 3.1%
This is a markedly lower percentage of pupils inspected compared with last
year when the figure was 83%,
Dental Treatment
The figures for dental treatment during the year were:-
Total visits to clinics 24,314
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