DENTAL INSPECTION 



In Lynn, Massachusetts, the dental dispensary in connec- 

 tion with a Neighborhood House makes a flat charge of 1 5 cents 

 for cleaning, 10 cents for extractions, and 25 cents for each filling. 

 In Winchester, Massachusetts, nine local dentists devote half a 

 day a week to treating poor school children at a flat rate of 25 

 cents per case. 



SALARIES 



In Strassburg, Germany, the dental clinic employs one 

 director on part time, two assistants on whole time, and two 

 nurses at an annual expenditure of $6,000 to $6,500. In England, 

 as has been mentioned, the dentists in the county of Somerset are 

 paid at the rate of $7.50 for each six-hour day. In Philadelphia 

 the eight dentists employed are paid $700 a year for half-time 

 services. In Rochester, New York, dentists working from two 

 to five o'clock each afternoon are paid at the rate of $50 per month. 



The staff of the two Newark, New Jersey, clinics consists 

 of one chief and four consulting dental surgeons, who give their 

 services; four dentists, who are on half-time for six days a week, 

 at an annual salary of $500 each; and two attendants on whole 

 time at $520 each. In addition to this force several local dentists 

 work without pay. 



Ann Arbor, Michigan, has a woman dental inspector who in- 

 spects the children's teeth twice a year at an annual salary of $400. 



EDUCATION IN DENTAL HYGIENE 



One of the most valuable features of the work in dental 

 inspection is the education of teachers, children, and parents in 

 dental hygiene. Dentists have been wide awake to the importance 

 of this feature and are carrying on, both abroad and in this coun- 

 try, an active campaign, the keynote of which is prevention and 

 conservation. Work is carried on by means of leaflets, illustrated 

 lectures, magazine and newspaper articles, and dental exhibits. 

 In New York the state board of health has four dentists on its 

 staff of lecturers and these men give illustrated lectures to teachers 

 and parents in cities and towns throughout the state. The 

 Virginia state board of health in March, 1911, issued for general 

 distribution a bulletin on Good Teeth and Bad: The Essentials 

 of Oral Hygiene. 



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