N.Z. DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13034, 30 March 1910, Page 5

N.Z. DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

(Per United Pxew Aaaocie'.;:>c.) B DUNEDIN, JL.:-h 29, || The sixth anneal meeting of i.e XeMM Zealand Dental AcMMUlion will 1« pcuccfe here to-morrow. The delegates «i.c aefi corded a civic reception in the Town HalS to-night, about 50 pci tons being pr<» ntT|e After the delegates had been' welcomed bya the Mayer, the president of the Association. '* (Mr T. A. Hunter) delivered the preside n- • rial address, the subject being the “Duly of the State and Public Toward* vention of Dental Disease.” In the course ' of his. remarks he said at least four-iiftit*St» of the people in the Dominion were super-S iag in a greater or lesser degree from dai-g tal disease, the prevalence of which can-S stituted one of the most, if not the moot, insidious forms of disease that sapped vitality. The greater went on to refer to this assistance that could he rendered by the medical profession in, minimising mental disease., and he also advocated that the antbcrilies should have, organised ev«rni««tion and efficient treatment of the months of children in the public school*. By' tMs intervention the health of the people vwnti ba advanced happinass increased calls cat charitable institutions lessened, and the I taxpayer relieved of < the yearly increasing I hardens. In conclusion, Air Hunter paid i I compliment to the. members .of the dental I profession for their enertg fp luring about I improvement in the condition of arfii.«i 1 Mr Barnett, in proposing a rote of I thanks to Mr II an ter, congratulated the I Dental Association on the posilkm it had J reached in New Zealand. The medical pro- I fession appreciated the way. in which the I dentists were carrying out an important I work for the good of humanity. j