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Orthodontia.
The Report under this heading by preference of the S.M.O. is given to the Dental Consultant
to write; therefore, no statistical value can be gained by a recital of work details, as we
have no other Clinics with which we can pit them; suffice to say, the numbers who ask for
treatment continues in a steady stream, at long last the Parents realise its importance, and, value
in the future for their children's prospects in life.
I am an advocate for the dawn of a day when any child requiring this treatment should
obtain it, at a merely nominal fee, even only 1/- per year; it will gradually be patent to those
in Authority that this is one of the only ways to secure a fit nation.
Further, I am convinced it is work which womeri Dental Officers should specialise in
doing; the harvest of cases is plentiful, and the yield is great—nature has endowed them with
qualities attuned for success in dealing not so much with the troublesome and nervous child,
but with an over-anxious Mother.
Our work has been blessed with total and individual results, transformation from dental
chaos to dental usefulness and pleasing appearances. The future, the store-house of our ideals,
will bring forth from those who have received our treatments, words of gratitude and a determination
to see their children if required receive the benefits they had.
Dental Staff.
Miss C. Jefferson joined us on November 15th, 1937.
Clerical Staff.
Miss W. Smith commenced duty on July 1st, 1937, as Senior Dental Clerk.
The Clerical Staff have earned my thanks and praise.
Recognition must be given to the work of all our Dental Officers in the production of
Skiagrams at a most economical cost, and which I fear no comparison with those we previously
received.
Their achievements amply justify the words I wrote in my X-Ray Machine Reports. I
am grateful to them.
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