Free dental clinics in North Carolina : traveling dental service for rural school children during the summer of 1918 . essful The work has been a success here Today markea y ^^ We are proud of the operative work Jegnmng « °£ J\ttended the clinic actually done, of the attendance on ^^nffUatment, but of course we the part of the children, and the m- ™Jn0^e™te^out fifteen of this terest shown by parents. COUiU un * 10 FREE DENTAL CLINICS number. A number wanted to know,How soon can I be treated? Somecame as far as ten miles. Later on, in making his report forthe first week, he says that at everyd
Free dental clinics in North Carolina : traveling dental service for rural school children during the summer of 1918 . essful The work has been a success here Today markea y ^^ We are proud of the operative work Jegnmng « °£ J\ttended the clinic actually done, of the attendance on ^^nffUatment, but of course we the part of the children, and the m- ™Jn0^e™te^out fifteen of this terest shown by parents. COUiU un * 10 FREE DENTAL CLINICS number. A number wanted to know,How soon can I be treated? Somecame as far as ten miles. Later on, in making his report forthe first week, he says that at everydispensary point there were a greatmany more children than could betreated the first visit. Had patientswaiting when he arrived every morn-ing, with one exception. Again, on completion of the work,the dentist turned in the following veryinteresting summary of the efforts inForsyth County: The itinerary, as arranged by thehealth officer, Dr. Bulla, was the bestthat could be made. It reached thegreatest number of people possible togive them any material benefit, and anumber took advantage of the Children awaiting their turn for Free Den-tal Service at Kernersville, Forsyth County,August, 1918. Enough six-year molars were savedto pay for the work ten-fold. It wasnot possible to complete the treatmentbegun in every childs mouth in thelimited time for each one, but a greatamount of good was done by saving atleast one permanent molar, cleaningthe teeth, doing the necessary extrac-tion, and advising child or parentabout the exact condition of themouth. When there was a number ofchildren at the dispensary waitingthat was the method followed. Somewere so anxious to receive treatmentthat they came to the nearest dis-pensary point three or four others were so interested thatthey drove from three to ten miles. The people in practically every placevisited showed special interest in thiscampaign. The principal filling material usedin permanent teeth was amalg
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