DENTAL CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 14, 12 October 1926, Page 10

DENTAL CONGRESS

WORK AT PHILADELPHIA

Dominion Special.

Auckland. October 11. Some. particulars of the work done at the seventh international dental congress held in Philadelphia in August were given by Dr. and Airs. A. Paterson, of Christchurch, who teturned by the Niagara to-day. Other New Zealand representatives were K>r. F. C. A. Court and Air. D. V. Donaldson. Australia was represented by Dr. W. S. Hinder.

At the congress there were some 15,000 dentists from 42 countries and the gathering was a great success. Britain sent a large delegation < f leading men, including die president of the British Dental Association. Upwards of 200 papers were read end 200 clinics were given b>' specialists from all parts of the world. There was a wonderful exhibition, covering half an -ere, of dental instruments and material. The delegates were entertained by the United States Government. Prior to this congress the first internationol congress of orthodontists was held in New York and rttended by 600 dentists, all specialists in the corrective branch of dentistrv.

Dr. Paterson spoke mthusium of the spirit shown at tnese conferences and the progress made in dentistry, which has been especially marked in orthodontia and denture work. “The United States still leads the world in dentistrv,” he said. “Not < nlv are dental methods the most advanced there among the best men, but Americans have the dental sense highly developed and have acquired the habit of paying frequent and tegular visits to the dentist.” His latest visit to America, however, has confirmed him in his opinion that the average of professional ability in New Zealand is high.