DENTAL DINNER

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 150, 29 June 1928, Page 4

DENTAL DINNER

AMERICANS ENTERTAINED , TVOEE OF THE PROFESSIOIsr The tivonty-'lirst annual dinner of the Now Zealand Dental -Association ■was.;lUsld last '■: evoniug, Mr. G. Taylor (president), occupying tho chair, TJie'.toast: of '?Tho Government" ■was'-propos?ci; by .Dr. Y. J. Warren (Auckland), who said that ho folt justified ui,deelaring:that tho.pieaont Gov.ernmoiit had,done.remarkably well, although' handicapped by economic difficulties 50... widespread that they had embarrassed statesnienship all over the world. The suecoss of tho Departiiient of "Dental Hygiene had boen great. Tho dental profession appreciated the Government's help in. providing au adequate ham.© for tho Dental School in Otago. It ..was to be hoped that the Government .would-ultimately mate a further progressive move in the way of1 establishing a Dental-Board to control the destinies of tho profession in . New Zealand. !:'Eoplying to the toast, tho Prime ilinistor (the Bight Hon. J. G.Coates) said he appreciated the wovk of the dental profession and the policy of their association in assisting, in.tlie scheme for dental treatment of school children. They had. taken the'very widest view of the position, and-that was appreciated by the whole country, because tho health of our children: must be a first consideration. He^heartily welcomed tho American visitbis, and s^rid it was very fine that .'the American colleagues should have' .tipen- so prepared to share their knowledge: with New Zealandors.: Mr. Coates-referred to personal relation•hips with'Amerid^n'soldiers in France, /and urged'i-that'itVshouVdnev^r bo forgotten ithMnpt sp^l/ongago thetwo great iiationsyia'dfought"together,in a.titanic Btruggle;v>inT'T)eacefulJtimes,-when industriai;:andf;Siientific research was being pursued, '.'American universities and manufacturers had most readily co-oper-ated withiNeV Zealand and made available theilK-knowledge like aii:'.- open <■ l)ook, aficL»'tlie gneatesttie between the two greSti nations was the bond of a common;;la'iigu<ige v America, only within the 'l^strw^ek," ..was making ; a great . contribution^ Jowards '■ they cause', of intornationalvpeac'e^^EiVerything they had done in'-tKat'ie'speet.haa New, Zealand's hearty sUJiipoT.tiii; thoir efforts to bring about an understanding between :thoßo countries whicK had been groping for a road, and who were anxious to' find a way to .permanent peace. (Applause.) The Hon. J. A. Young (Minister of Health) said that dentistry had developed into . the realm ;of preventive medicine- by giving adyicb, service, and~ treatment which -would prevent people ff'om getting serious disease. The State ■ flental- clinic- had -trained 81 nurses in tho field, and he believed that it was - only in its infancy. Mr. M..E. Dennieton proposed tho toast of the "British Medical Association." -| ;.;; • .'..' "... . . „ ■ Di;.'~J. S- ■telliotf, in reply, assured the gathbriiig; that tho medical profession had a-great'regard for tlie dental profession, -with whom it had: so.much in : common.;- . ' ■ -Mr. G.'li. Taylor proposed tue toast ef "Our Guests from America," and | ' said that the visit of tho American coDeagies had been-of great advantageto New, Zealand dentists. , Mr. E. H. Mauk responded on benalt ~'of the American delegation, and said thatwhatever he and his colleagues had done *aB-dono in a spirit of altruism—and altruism was not dead in. Amorica. Ho was sure their visit would ' give a new impetus to a closer asspeiav tion of organised dentists on both sides , of the, Pacific. .-• •-■ ', • J