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Report of Senior Dental Surgeon. (Mr. A. E. Hall.)
While appreciating that the work done by the temporary part-time
dentists has been invaluable, and of a high standard, one would like to be able
to report that full-time dentists have been recruited who wish to make the
study and practice of children's dentistry their life's work. Such permanence
is to the advantage of both dentist and patient, the former finding a greater
interest by seeing and being responsible for the same patients year after
year, and the latter by knowing that the same dentist with whom he/she has
become conversant will be there to see him/her again.
The school population to be inspected and treated where necessary is
now about 13,900, compared with approximately 12,000 before the war,
when there were three full-time dentists and the school leaving age was
14 years instead of 15 years as at present.
Dental Inspection.
Five of the schools in the Area have been inspected and treated during
the year, but any child who has been a regular patient in years past has been
seen and treated on application for appointment.
In addition, all children with toothache or children referred by school
doctors, general medical practitioners or school teachers have been seen and
treated.
Findings of Dental Inspection.