Industrial medicine and surgery . fthe clerks who appeared in the first six months, 1637 who showed cavi-ties on the first examination reappeared during the second six clerks on the original examination had 7753 cavities or an aver- EMPLOYEES DENTAL SERVICE 65 age of cavities per person. During the interval between the firstand second examination 916 clerks (56 per cent.) out of the 1637who had cavities had 2936 fillings made, or an average of fillingsper clerk. There are other evidences of improvement although they are notof such importance. At the time of the first exami
Industrial medicine and surgery . fthe clerks who appeared in the first six months, 1637 who showed cavi-ties on the first examination reappeared during the second six clerks on the original examination had 7753 cavities or an aver- EMPLOYEES DENTAL SERVICE 65 age of cavities per person. During the interval between the firstand second examination 916 clerks (56 per cent.) out of the 1637who had cavities had 2936 fillings made, or an average of fillingsper clerk. There are other evidences of improvement although they are notof such importance. At the time of the first examination per cent,of the clerks did not use a toothbrush. At the second examination itwas found that this had been reduced to per cent. At the time ofthe first examination per cent, of the clerks did not show cleanmouths. At the second examination only per cent, showed suchcondition. In June, 1914, a dental department for employees was establishedin connection with the doctors office in a concern employing at that. Fig. 13.—The Dental Office, an essential adjunct to the Industrial Dispensary.{Courtesy Sears, Roebuck & Co.) time approximately 12,000 people. The full-time service of a dentistwas secured at first but this was later changed to the part-time serviceplan—one dentist spending four hours in the morning at the plant andanother dentist four hours in the afternoon. Each dentist was paida salary of $150 a month for this part-time service. The mistakewhich many concerns have made is in endeavoring to secure cheapdental service for their employees. A really good dentist cannotafford to give all of his time to an industry for less than $300 a work of the dentists consisted in examining the teeth of all appli-cants for work referred to them by the doctors, whose duty it was tothoroughly examine the mouth, and to examine the teeth of all oldemployees, department after department, as rapidly as possible. Em-ployees needing dental care were furnished
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