SOLDIERS' TEETH
VERY BUSY DENTISTS.
Many thousands of New Zealand men can thank the military dental"eervico for attention to teeth which might have been neglected in the ordinary run of thinga. An official summary of the dental work in the N.Z.E.F. Corps for the 12 months ended November 30, gives tho following figures.—
Amalgam restorations ... 2,310 Amalgam fillings „ ... 75,322 Cement fillings _ 1,247 Root fillings „ „. „ 10,105 Total fillings _ „. ... 88,984 Sealings, simple 6,217 Scalings, extensive ... 1,030 Extractions .„ ... _. 41,117 Dentures, full 3,670 Dentures, partial 4,311 Dentures, repairs 1,221
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17503, 20 December 1918, Page 8
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85SOLDIERS' TEETH Otago Daily Times, Issue 17503, 20 December 1918, Page 8
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