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The following figures give some idea of the dental treatment
undertaken at the dental clinics during the year :—
Fillings :—
Permanent teeth 6,108
Temporary teeth 499
Total 6,607
Extractions:—
Permanent teeth 1,382
Temporary teeth 6,410
Total 7,792
Other operations:—
Permanent teeth 995
Temporary teeth 460
Total 1,455
Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions—1,641.
Conditions of a Satisfactory Dental Scheme.
Under the above title the Chief Medical Officer of the Board
of Education published in his Annual Report for the year 1933 the
aim and functions of the School Dental Service, along with suggestions
and recommendations as to procedure. The following are
extracts from that publication:—
"The aim of the School Dental Service should be to secure
that as many children as possible shall leave school without the
loss of permanent teeth, free from dental disease, and trained
in the care of the teeth.
The scheme should begin, as regards each child, with its
entrance into school life, and should provide for an annual
re-examination of each child up to the end of school life, with
the opportunity for treatment if necessary after each inspection.
No school dental scheme can be regarded as complete which does
not make this provision for the whole school population.