DENTAL INSPECTION 



COST OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT 



Experience in the equipment of dental clinics shows that the 

 cost of a complete, high grade equipment with one chair is approxi- 

 mately $700. As the number of chairs increases, the cost per chair 

 becomes somewhat less because all of the equipment does not have 

 to be duplicated for every new chair installed. The common 

 items of expense are about as follows: 



Chair $170 



Table 10 



Flush spittoon with water attachment .... 60 



Electric engine 140 



Electric heater and sterilizer 25 



Excavators 18 



Chisels 25 



Appliances for use with engine 75 



Miscellaneous hand instruments 50 



Initial supplies 127 



$7 



These figures are taken from the accounts of the Philadelphia 

 clinic. They agree substantially with data from other cities. 



In New York City it has been found that the expense for 

 establishing a clinic is about $750, and the annual maintenance costs 

 about $250, not including payment for the services of the dentists. 

 In one clinic of two chairs, where equipment and supplies, the 

 expense of rent, salaries of two dentists and a nurse, etc., were met 

 from clinic funds, the total expenses for one year were $4,631.31. 

 Of this sum $1,129.61 was expended on permanent equipment; 

 the remaining $3,501.70 represented the cost of maintenance. 



The directors of the Elmira clinic figure that with an annual 

 appropriation of $400 they can meet the running expenses of the 

 clinic, including supplies, laundry, and incidentals. 



In Muskegon, Michigan, an equipment with one chair 

 cost $750 and in Rochester, New York, one with two chairs cost 

 $1200. In Reading, Pennsylvania, a most excellent outfit with 

 one chair was secured for about $600, but because of donations 

 and specially reduced prices this represents a real value of more 

 nearly $1000. 



PER CAPITA COST 



The best data as to per capita cost are drawn from the 

 European experience. In Hamburg it is found that the average 



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