CHARGE AGAINST DENTISTS.
AVOID PREVENTIVE MEASURES. By Tolegraph.—Press Aaau.—Copyright, Received Nov. 10, 7.20 p.m. Sydney, Nov. l(i. At the annual congress of the Australian Society) of Dental Stfienee a paper was read dealing with preventive dentistry. It contained an allegation that many dentists, rather than rectify small deficiencies in a patient's mouth which might lead to serious results, preferred to allow the process of decay to proceed, so that the source of future income might remain. At least 90 per cent, of dentists took no preventive measures where there were indications of future decay, knowing that the patient would present himself again within a few months for a new filling to be (charged up.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1920, Page 5
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