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Decisions of the Consultants on the cases were as follows:—
Extractions—Number of patients 70
Adenoids and Tonsils correction 5
Methods:—
Bite plates 17
Expansion plates 11
Screw or peg plate 22
Oral Screens 5
Lip exercisers 4
Retractions 15
Labial wires 5
Splint plates 10
Inclined planes 5
Spring (coils) 7
Decisions postponed 4
Wish to see again in
2 months
4 months 20
6 months
12 months
18 months' 10
No treatment advised 12
No difficulty has been experienced in carrying out the instructions
of the Consulting Dental Surgeons, owing to the lucid way
in which their report have been made. The children come up in a
large proportion of the cases unaccompanied by the parent after
the first visit or so.
With regard to the expansion plates and screws, the mothers
in the majority of cases after a fortnight's instruction, are provided
with a screw-driver and make a quarter turn every two days,
or such other movements as are directed.
A special Sub-Committee has been appointed which meets once
a month to consider cases whose means are such that they cannot
pay the whole sum.
One of the most satisfactory things is the gratitude of the
parents at the elimination of the deformities, which so many of
them say they wish they had had the chance of getting treated in
their early days.
The accompanying diagrams illustrate some of the difficulties
which must be met with in every Dental Clinic.
I. COHEN.