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DENTAL CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
Although The number of pre school children attending dental clinics for inspections was
less than the previous year, more children actually received dental treatment and a greater
percentage attended for re-inspections.
There are still a few children with rampant caries at a very early age and it is difficult to
know what dental officers can do to prevent this. By the time the child attends the clinic
the damage is usually done and although young parents know the rules for good dental health
it is obvious, in these cases that the rules are broken.
The number of children attending as emergencies dropped and general anaesthetics administered
and extractions, although higher than 1970 were less than in 1971.
Expectant nursing mothers attending for treatment at dental clinics remained small in number,
the majority being from families new to the area who had not yet found a general dental
practitioner.
See Tabic No. VI in the Appendix to this report.
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