SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26353, 22 February 1951, Page 3

SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICES

MALE OFFICERS SUGGESTED FOR CLINICS Thp South Canterbury School Committee's Association, at its quarterly meeting, considered the question of dental services in country clinics. Loss of time occasioned by country children travelling to private practitioners Aras considerable, and the curtailment uf treating children’s teeth after passing Standard II was a serie is matter for the country child, it was stated. The main trouble seemed to be the shortage of dental nurses, and it was suggested that an improvement could be effected by.-».ncouraging male trainees to take up the work The country incurred considerable expense in training female dental nurses Whose services were often lost within a year or two of qualifying, through r arriage. Male trainees would help to stabilise the position. Even the benefit ol constant checking by dental nurses without doing the actual dental work would be preferable, as it would alleviate the minds of parents and mable '"tem to teke remedial aetiou whenever necessary, it was stated.

It was agreed to write to Mr L. Rangi, the den' 1 officer, suggesting that male dental officers b employed.